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Before You Clap In Standing Ovation For Trump.
By Dr jarlat Uche opara
There is no dispute that terrorism and banditry in Nigeria have caused immense suffering across religious, ethnic, and political lines.
However, acknowledging this shared pain does not automatically make foreign military intervention the best or safest solution for Nigeria’s long-term security.
The truth which may cause some stomach ache to many are that Foreign Airstrikes do not address root causes. Terrorism in Nigeria is not sustained only by ideology or weapons; it is fueled by poverty, poor governance, unemployment, weak justice systems, and local grievances.
Airstrikes may kill fighters, but they do not dismantle recruitment pipelines. Without addressing these structural failures, violence simply regenerates under new names and leaders.
History from Afghanistan to Libya shows that military force without social, political, and economic reform produces temporary calm, not lasting peace.
On the issue of sovereignty, allowing foreign forces to conduct airstrikes on Nigerian soil, even with cooperation, sets a dangerous precedent. It may be to our taste very sweet today and possibly bland or sour by tomorrow.
Today it is terrorism; tomorrow it could be internal political unrest that would be labeled a “security threat.” A nation that cannot secure itself risks gradually surrendering control of its internal affairs.
Nigeria’s challenge should prompt security sector reform, not dependence. True peace comes when a state can protect its citizens using its own institutions.
Airstrikes, no matter how “precision-based” carry the risk of wrong intelligence. In a country with complex communal living, porous boundaries, and weak data systems, misidentification can lead to civilian casualties, displacement, and further radicalization.
When foreign powers intervene, Nigerian leaders may feel less pressure to reform failing security agencies, improve intelligence coordination, or confront corruption within the military itself.
External strikes can become a convenient substitute for hard domestic reforms, allowing political actors to claim progress while underlying failures persist.
Gratitude is human, but policy must be strategic. What Nigeria needs most is1) Competent leadership.
2) Reformed security architecture.
3) Depoliticized intelligence.
4)Community-based policing.
5)Accountability at all levels.
Without these, even sustained foreign intervention will only pause violence, not end it.
Nigeria does not lack courage, prayer, or goodwill. What it lacks is functional governance and trusted institutions. Peace will not ultimately come from foreign fighter jets but from a state that works for its people and earns their trust.
Foreign assistance may play a supporting role but no nation finds lasting peace by outsourcing its security.True victory over terrorism will be achieved not only by defeating armed groups, but by removing the conditions that make terrorism possible in the first place.
What are those things that make terrorism very inevitable in Nigeria? Corruption! Who are those that have financing terrorism? They are not ghosts. Their names are known. But why is the government finding it difficult to disclose them and prosecute them?
Anyway, before you stand and clap for Trump in an ovation manner, ask your self if you would possibly outsource your wife because of her high libido, unmatched with yours to one with same libidinous capacity with her or you would try to improve yours to avoid stories that touch the heart.
My problem isn’t with Trump airstrikes, at least it will give us a long holiday of terrorism not an eternal one .My problem rather is the obvious weaknesses of our leaders to create a more capable military might and power to supress and smash insurgencies, terrorism etc into extinction , making our journey into a lasting peace very far.
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