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A retired US Army Captain, Bish Johnson, says Nigeria faces a multifaceted insecurity problem, stressing that a single strike from the United States cannot resolve the issues.
Johnson made the statement on Friday while appearing as a guest on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television, monitored by DAILY POST.
He was reacting to the recent US airstrikes on terrorist enclaves in the Northwest region of the country.
The security consultant also highlighted the stoning to death of a Christian young woman, Deborah Samuel, in broad daylight by her Muslim schoolmates.
“The problem is much more complicated than it is being simplified. Nobody has talked about the issue of herder-farmer clashes, which have claimed so many lives in the Middle Belt; it is still ongoing.
“So Nigeria has a multifaceted insecurity problem that this one strike cannot address. There’s also the issue of Sharia law in northern Nigeria. Unfortunately, we saw what happened in Sokoto State, where a young lady, Deborah Samuel, was lynched and stoned to death in broad daylight by her fellow schoolmates.
“And up till now, none of the people responsible for the death of that innocent young lady have been brought to justice. These are some of the issues that the Americans are observing, which is why they are tagging this as religious persecution.
“It’s difficult to convince Americans otherwise when you have that kind of situation in Sokoto State—and that’s not the only place where similar incidents have occurred and people have not been held accountable.
“So that makes it much more difficult for us to convince the Americans to view it any differently than what is depicted in such situations,” he said.
