Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu has advised 156 armed forces officers who graduated from Junior Course 77 in the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji Kaduna yesterday on the best tactics to defeat Boko Haram.
Amosu said, “I want to assure you that the war in the North-East of our country is not ‘moi-moi’. It is a serious war. This is a fight that concerns the sovereignty of our great nation.
“One of the Americans who came said, the Boko Haram terrorists are not sophisticated, they are complicated. How do you undo a complicated issue? Want to recommend to you, it is simplicity. Simplicity brings about clarity.
“The Boko Haram terrorists use Okada, they use Hilux. Now, what do we need to do? We need people that will think out of the box. Why would they use Okada and Hilux? They want to be fast, because the capability they have cannot really match our capability. That is why we talk about asymmetric; war between unequals. So the enemy with low capability will go for unusual tactics.
“So, as you go into the field, I want to advise you, what we need is something out of the box. It is not going to be conventional. We are going to look to you to bring about the changes that are necessary.
“For me, the Boko Haram terrorist activity is a huge opportunity for the armed forces to expand capabilities. It has been a long time that we have not built on the capabilities that we had at the inception of the armed forces. So, it is a big opportunity to expand capability. So, you should be excited to join those in the field.
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