It also identifies the use of animals like camels, donkeys and cows to traffic small, light and collapsible arms into the country as another challenge.
This is contained in the current special edition of the “Nigerian Defence Magazine’’, a publication of the Defence Headquarters.
The magazine said that the arms were being brought into the nation through some of its porous borders.
It said that most of such arms came to the Boko Haram insurgents through Libyan and Malian rebels, desperate to exchange arms for money.
“This has added to the overwhelming challenge of the influx of illegal aliens, arms, ammunition and sophisticated IED materials into the country, and efficient and effective fight against terrorism,’’ it said.
It also said that the waterways and sea ports in the South provided another means through which those arms were trafficked to the country via the ships, speed boats and canoes through the creeks.
It described as “disheartening and unfortunate’’ the means by which “merchants of death” (insurgents) trafficked small weapons, to beat security agencies at the borders.
“The fact that the weapons are small, light and collapsible makes them easy to be concealed and moved on camels and donkeys’ back in specially crafted skin or thatched bags,’’ it said.
It said that some merchants of cows and grains in the region hid the arms and ammunition in empty fuel tankers, under vehicle engines and bags of grains and smuggled them in.
“The grains are transported in large number via trucks, trailers, lorries and old model pick up vans and jeeps with little attention given to them by security agents.
“The use of tricycles (Keke NAPEP), camels, donkeys and cows moving in flocks to deceive, hide and conveniently traffic arms in some parts of the North are ways hitherto unknown,’’ it said.
It, however, said that the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the region had since uncovered those means and had taken measures to contain them.
The magazine called for adequate deployment of personnel and technology in the borders to man, monitor and check the movement of illegal persons, goods and arms into the country.
“Security agencies at the borders and seaports have complained of the porosity of the nation’s border and water ways.
“The problem of porous borders is compounded by inadequate personnel, patrol vehicles, surveillance helicopter and equipment.
“Consequently, most of the borders are leaky and this makes effective control of intruders, smugglers and merchants of deaths, a mirage,’’ it said.
The military has been battling against terrorists in the northern part of Nigeria where a state of emergency has already been declared in three states.
The Boko Haram, the most deadly of the terrorist groups operating in Northern Nigeria, is responsible for the killing of thousands of civilians and soldiers in various attacks across the northern states.
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my question now is that, what are they using the security vote for? may Almighty ALLAH help us
ReplyDelete"A MUSLIM WILL NOT CEASE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH REGARDS TO HIS RELIGION AS LONG AS HE DOES NOT BEGIN SHEDDING FORBIDDEN BLOOD"---holy prophet(s.a.w)
ReplyDeleteWow! I am certain your pastor told you that. What I am not sure of is who your pastor is. You can help me in that regard by publicizing the man of Jesus's character; a person you so hold dear to your ignorant soul; a man you so obediently follow, that by his command, you can jump into hell; he that reported your posting.
DeleteClearly, you are so devoid of reasoning that you can best be discribed as brain washed. Please educate us more on what you beloved pastor said about the one man, the totality of your ilks would weigh less should he be placed on one side of a scale and a countless number of your pathetic types on the other.
I may be forced to tell the Nigerian Army that the reason why they could not stop Boko Haram is becuase they areas of their operation is called a cluster zone. It is not possible for the Army to declear a full war with Boko Haram. Otherwise, Boko Haram is a small fry for the Nigeria Army. You might be right, about the leakages in our borders. The fact remains that they, the boko haram are not in one place. Boko Haram boasts becuase they are using civilians as human shield. They are nobody in a war front. Let them keep enjoying the evil but a day shall come, for them to be whiped out.
ReplyDeleteD military realised d problems so why cant they tactically combat it.porous borders must be manned n cut off.if u r in a war situation n confronted tactical changes 4rm d enemies u dont sit down n fold ur arms,u device tactics to counter the problems
ReplyDelete@Anon 10:24am. Na wa for U O. So the PROPHET(SAW) said something like that. Hmmmmmm! Man no dey save O!
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