Popular governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has said the Nigerian Army does not have the capacity to defeat Boko Haram.
The governor, who has shown unprecedented passion for his people, stated this on Wednesday when he hosted the House of Representatives’ Committee on Defence led by its chairman, Hon. Babajimi Benson.
The committee was in Maiduguri to pay a condolence visit in respect to the Auno attack that left at least 30 dead and many wounded.
Zulum categorically made it clear to his visitors that the nation might need about 100,000 more soldiers to win the war against Boko Haram.
He advised that at least 50,000 people from Borno should be engaged by the military with or without western education to prosecute the ongoing war on terror.
In his view, the war against insurgents cannot be competently fought and successfully won without manpower, technology and proper funding.
Zulum said, “Take my words, they (the military) don’t have the manpower, they don’t have the equipment. Kindly advise the Speaker and the Senate President to tell Mr President to approve the massive recruitment of soldiers. We need about 100,000 more to be recruited into the Nigerian Army. They should come and employ the locals whether they have western education or not.
“We need to recruit nothing less than 50,000 men from Borno, we have able-bodied men that can join the Nigerian Armed Forces on an ad-hoc basis.”
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