Ever since 2009 Boko Haram has been attacking several Northern/North-Eastern towns at will. Most times they attack such towns, hoist flags, hang around and flee, sometimes they lurk around until Nigerian security forces arrive and chase them out-yet no one ever presented the narrative that Boko Haram had TAKEN OVER such towns. Unfortunately, today, Boko Haram through its massive media propaganda partners have included the term TAKEOVER into our national counter-terrorism vocabulary. Thus, if a small band of terrorists decide to conduct their usual deadly raids on a small remote town or village in North Eastern Nigeria, Boko Harams media network quickly gets to work and tells the world that Boko Haram has TAKEN OVER yet another Nigerian territory. The strategy here is for Boko Haram to continue to disperse small/medium band of fighters to many remote towns and villages, while their media partners simulteanously continue announcing to the world that Boko Haram has OVERRUN more Nigerian territories. Innundating the Nigerian polity with multiple media reports of takeovers and overruning of Nigerian territories is meant to plunge our security forces into a state of confusion and disarray with a pinch of hopelessness. This can cause a large number of Nigerian soldiers to say to themselves, Why bother,these Boko Haram guys are everywhere. -The Nigerian armys morale will gradually continue to dampen and at a later date the insurgents will abandon those smaller towns, regroup and attack major towns like Maiduguri,Yola and Damaturu in full force. This is Boko Harams strategy and I hope all Nigerians,especially those with ownership or access to media outlets (online and offline) are listening. A simple counter-propaganda strategy from all patriotic Nigerian media outlets (and the rest of us) is to continue reporting every single Boko Haram attack for what it really is A COWARDLY ATTACK and NOT equate such attacks to territorial gains. Afterall, in spite of Boko Harams alleged control of several Nigerian territories, we are yet to see the head of their caliphate (Shekau) relocate or move into one of the airconditioned secretariat offices located in territories he claims to control. Again, lets join hands and fight Boko Haram with everything weve got. Source: Common sense
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:31:36 +0000
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