Ebenezer Obadare, the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, has cautioned that Nigeria will be unable to overcome its deepening insecurity without a clear, deliberate, and uncompromising plan to neutralise Boko Haram.
Obadare issued the warning on Tuesday during a joint congressional briefing convened by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The session is part of an ongoing investigation by American lawmakers into rising religious persecution and targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria.
He stressed that despite years of military operations, Boko Haram remains a dominant driver of nationwide instability, arguing that Nigeria’s security challenges cannot be resolved without addressing the insurgency at its core.
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