The Bombing of the UN (United Nations) building on Friday is still fresh in our memory it was a case of suicide bombing , when Farouk AbdulMutallab made an attempt to bomb a plane in the United states and Nigeria was put on the "Terrorism" list by the United states Nigerians were quick to defend our dear nation and the then Minister for Information, Madam Dora Akinyuli quickly called a press conference to re affirm that Nigeria is a great nation filled with Good people. before then there are no reported cases of suicide bombing involving Nigerians. The October 1st 2010 (independence day )bomb attack went with no one brought to book, Nigeria was welcomed into year 2011 with Bomb blasts in parts of the country. The bombing of the police headquarters in Abuja was the first case of suicide bombing i can recall within the shores of Nigeria.
The federal government has since attempted to solve the Boko Haram problem by heavy Military presence using the so called Joint task force (JTF), which has proved to be ineffective , in my opinion the JTF uses much brute force with little intelligence , much like shooting without aiming.
The recent Bombing of the United Nations Building by yet another Suicide bomber is an incident too many and it appears Boko haram a terrorist group which has since claimed responsibility for the attack are getting stronger, intelligence report suggested they have strong ties with
Al-Qaeda an international terrorist group.
One of the reasons given by "Boko Haram" is the insincerity of the Nigerian Government in Dialoging with them and they are demanding that all their men in Custody/detention all over the country must be released with immediate effect.
Taking a leaf from Western Countries which have had decades of encounters with Terrorism and more advance and organized suicide bombing and attacks, A serious or capable Government will NEVER engage in any form of Dialogue with Terrorists and this i believe is based on experience. How do you give amnesty to Religious fundamentalists without accepting their faith and bowing to their demands and dictates?
It seems a lot of training has gone into "Boko haram's school of Suicide Bombing
and i see a lot of people describe members of the sect as illiterates on online forums but i will not be surprised if there are many of them with the western Education which their group claim to be fighting against, although this is only a theory there may be many of the likes of Farouk AbdulMutallab out there giving instructions and lectures to "terrorists in training" in Nigeria suicide Bombers don’t just become suicidal in one day it is a rigorous training process.
The next set of suicide Bombers from Boko Haram are in training some where in Nigeria, waiting and planning to strike again and i wonder what the military intelligence and the Nigerian state secret service are doing about this?
Apart from the Tortoise intelligence of our security agencies and maximum brute force of our joint task force more like shooting without aiming what else do we have to offer as a means of controlling terrorism?? Nothing!! we sure needs prayers.