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Boko Haram: FG To Decide On Mercenaries’ Engagement – Military

Maj. Gen. Enenche said the military had no business debating the proposal, adding that it was diligently prosecuting the war, and focused on victory.

by The Union Nigeria
December 4, 2020
in Security
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations,

Maj.-Gen.-John-Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations.

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The Nigerian Military says only the Federal Government will decide whether or not mercenaries will be engaged in the ongoing battle to end Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

The Defence Headquarters said such decision was a high-level one that only the government will take.

Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche however said the military and other security agencies cannot stand against the initiative.

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State had demanded the engagement of foreign mercenaries to tackle the rampaging Boko Haram following the killing of over 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, by Boko Haram insurgents last Saturday.

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Governors of the North East zone had also endorsed Zulum’s demand insisting that the thought of hiring mercenaries to fight Boko Haram should be taken seriously.

Maj. Gen. Enenche said the military had no business debating the proposal, adding that it was diligently prosecuting the war, and focused on victory.

He stated, “Request or proposal to engage mercenaries, that is at a very high level. The kind of armed forces and security agencies you have now is normally determined by the people.

“It (engagement of mercenaries) is not in our powers. It is a kind of force package; it is what the government wants. It is not for the military to begin to contend.”

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“No armed forces anywhere will tell the people, ‘this is how we want to operate.’ The legislators, National Security Council, will decide on it,” he added.

Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations

When asked if the military was overstretched and overwhelmed as stated by the Chairman, Nigerians Governors Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, Enenche said it is for the authorities to decide if this was true.

“It is not for the military to say, we are overstretched; I am not overstretched. If I say, I am overstretched, that means, I don’t want to work. And if I say, I am not overstretched, that means, I am under-utilised”, the general noted.

The media Coordinator said the armed forces and other security agencies have continued to deal deadly blows to insurgents and bandits in the North-East and North-West regions.

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