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Single Airstrike Not Catholicon To Nigeria’s Insecurity – Ex-US Army Captain
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.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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