Professor Khalifa Dikwa: no where is safe outside of Maiduguri
By Abankula

Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, Dean, Borno Elders Forum said contrary to the narrative by the military and the Federal Government, no where is safe outside of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State.



He said so bad is the security situation that not even 5km outside of Maiduguri is safe.

“Even if they (Boko Haram) are not physically there, they are psychologically there, disturbing the people,” Dikwa told Channels Television’s Newsnight on Monday.

“From time to time, they ride their motorcycles, come and harass them to pay levies and so on. Outside Maiduguri, no even five kilometres, nobody is safe. And they can strike at any time.”



Dikwa told Channels TV that the military did not heed the advice of the Private Military Contractor (PMC), to man the country’s land borders after they had “decimated” Boko Haram in 2014.

Dikwa was referring to the South Africans who were hired by Jonathan in 2014. By early 2015, they had flushed Boko Haram out of Nigeria’s territory, allowing for the holding of the elections in all the local councils.


The military turned round to claim the credit. Few years after, one of the South Africans expressed anger that the military frittered away the gains they recorded between 2014 and 2015.

When President Buhari ascended the throne in May 2015, he dispensed with the services of the contractors, by putting all his trust in the army, believing that they would safeguard the territorial integrity of Nigeria.


Dikwa recalled: “At that time, they (PMC) said, ‘okay, we have done our bit, the rest, it has to be political. Have dialogue at a position of strength,” the university don, added.

“And that you should allow the other paramilitary, particularly the police, to take over the terrain that you have recaptured. You (military) move to the borders.”



“Unfortunately, the military has continued to usurp the role of the police which is not supposed to be so,” Dikwa said.

Prof Dikwa who called for more collaboration among security agencies in the fight against insurgency noted that the military alone cannot fight the terrorism in Borno State.

“If you put all the military inside Borno, it will contain it,” he said, claiming that “It looks like there is no synergy between the security and defence agencies as if it is rivalry when they are actually working for this country and they signed to defend the people of this country and the territory.

“As a President, he should be able to stamp his feet to say ‘do the work, I am giving you one, two months maximum. If you don’t finish up this thing, submit your resignation letter.”

Dikwa also advised Buhari to decentralise the command structure in the army.

“If I were to have the ears of President Muhammadu Buhari and Commander-in-Chief, I will insist that the command system of the military be decentralised so that junior commanders could also give a command in case of threats”

“Even the police have their own way of neutralising the enemy rather than waiting. As long as the command is from top-down, it will not work”, he said.

Nigeria has been waging a war against the Boko Haram insurgents since 2009.

Claims that the insurgents have been ‘technically defeated”, have been proven to be hollow, as the terrorists still kill people and stage kidnappings, at will.

Over 35,000 people have been killed in the war.

Recently, chief of army staff, Lt. General Buratai said the war could last another 20 years.

He however promised in the New Year that the military will disgrace Boko Haram and ISWAP this year.


https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/01/05/no-where-is-safe-outside-maiduguri-borno-elder-debunk-lies-of-military-fg/

Gradually, the truth is been admitted & the lies of this 'regime' are no longer sticking...

Butch of old corrupt Politicians. IPOB are happy supplying weapons to bandits and boko Haram. Let's talk about that

lie will kill all the abokis and their south western accomplices .

Borno is safe, Nigerian government is not lying, fake news

Until all of you northern parasites says the truth. your beloved terrorists will continue to hunt you till the end of time

Buhari was an extremely bad choice as president.

We had been saying it since that Jonathan had whooped Boko Haram already and was doing a clean up exercise before this failure showed up dem no gree hear. See what we have today: insecurity raised to the power of 7.

Even the so called Zullum that people thought was a reasonable fellow, turns out to be another hypocrite, defending Buhari up and down. Shame.

So what exactly has buhari achieved as president?

Failed in securing the country;
Obliterated the economy of the country;
Threw national unity to the waste bin of history.

What exactly has he achieved?

Fahdiga:
Until all of you northern parasites says the truth. your beloved terrorists will continue to hunt you till the end of time

What is the truth?

Fahdiga:
Until all of you northern parasites says the truth. your beloved terrorists will continue to hunt you till the end of time

The truth is Buhari is evil and not fit for President of a Whatsapp Groupchat...

You will never hear it from them my brother

Everyone knows that femi adesina lies

Hmmmm

.....Femi Adesina has found himself in a situation where he continues to ”turn black to white.”

https://dailypost.ng/2020/05/08/buhari-osinbajos-whereabouts-arewa-youths-calls-for-femi-adesinas-resignation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Femi Adeshina lies will kill you.

capatainrambo:
Everyone knows that femi adesina lies

The man does not understand that lying especially to these beleaguered northern citizens is one of his greatest undoing.Imagine Femi Adeshina calling Prof.Ango Abdullahi a one man army and wailer.

Dikwa told Channels TV that the military did not heed the advice of the Private Military Contractor (PMC), to man the country’s land borders after they had “decimated” Boko Haram in 2014.

Dikwa was referring to the South Africans who were hired by Jonathan in 2014. By early 2015, they had flushed Boko Haram out of Nigeria’s territory, allowing for the holding of the elections in all the local councils.

Whao! So Jonathan actually fought BH terrorists to a standstill? Meanwhile, BH terrorists were not technically defeated as Bubu government is lying to Borno people & Nigerians.Ndi mummified zombies unu aka na nu? Truth cant be distorted.

Was previously a fan of governor Zulum,but as soon as he uttered that statement that security in Borno is better off now than during the years of Jonathan, particularly the latter years of his rule,I saw Zulum for who he truly is,another Muslim bigot and nepotic man,who even with his assumed level of education would rather take the side of his fellow Muslim northern ruler,than say the truth to redeem his people.
The bigotry and nepotism of the average northerner is unrivalled that even in the face of decimation of their people they would still side with the devil so long he is of same faith and tribe as they.
Let them keep lying to themselves about the totally failed leadership of Buhari while BH steadily and speedily takes Borno back to the stone ages.

...."the military did not heed the advice of the Private Military Contractor (PMC), to man the country’s land borders after they had “decimated” Boko Haram in 2014....." - Prof Dikwa

Understand the implications of this revelation then you'll know where the cause of our security problems as a country lies

Sometime back..buratai was asked to relocate to borno state..which he never did..even presidency,should relocate to dat state for now.

Tissaia:
Butch of old corrupt Politicians. IPOB are happy supplying weapons to bandits and boko Haram. Let's talk about that

just like ur signature states ,u are indeed a disconcerted and misinformed individual looking deliberately to twist truths to favour your delusional mind.

Tissaia:
Butch of old corrupt Politicians. IPOB are happy supplying weapons to bandits and boko Haram. Let's talk about that

I dey tell you...Ndi ara

but ur state governor said borno is now very safe

MASTAkiLLAh:
...."the military did not heed the advice of the Private Military Contractor (PMC), to man the country’s land borders after they had “decimated” Boko Haram in 2014....." - Prof Dikwa

Understand the implications of this revelation then you'll know where the cause of our security problems as a country lies

How can military heed that when they came to cash out.

Ddokie:
Buhari was an extremely bad choice as president.

We had been saying it since that Jonathan had whooped Boko Haram already and was doing a clean up exercise before this failure showed up dem no gree hear. See what we have today: insecurity raised to the power of 7.

Even the so called Zullum that people thought was a reasonable fellow, turns out to be another hypocrite, defending Buhari up and down. Shame.

So what exactly has buhari achieved as president?

Failed in securing the country;
Obliterated the economy of the country;
Threw national unity to the waste bin of history.

What exactly has he achieved?

He has connected nigeria with niger by rail.
Halleluyah

ChoCho54:
How can military heed that when they came to cash out.

or something more sinister

Zulum said otherwise and he has given the likes of Garbage Sheu and Lie Mohammed something to masturbate about.

The other day Garbage Sheu said Buahri has now secured Borno and he was obviously building on Zulum's claim.


How could Zulum say Buhari has secured Borno when his people are dying on a daily basis.
He said that to please the north but now the same northern people he tried to please are debunking his claim

Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, Dean, Borno Elders Forum said contrary to the narrative by the military and the Federal Government, no where is safe outside of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State

Prof must be high in conc urine. The Chief Security Officer of the State spoke gloriously of the tranquility and calmness in Borno since the dullard became President