Thread by @DefenseNigeria

Take a look at this. They poured in from across the border. Most of these ISWAP fighters are from as far as the Futajalons. Majority not even Nigerians. Some interest groups do not want peace and stability in Nigeria for fear of this black behemoth living up to its potentials.

We are playing with fire. Why? This is Juan Remy Quignolot, a former French soldier that served in Mali busted in the Central African Republic in June 2021 with a large caches of weapons, ammunition and hard currencies he was to supply to rebel factions in the C.A.R.

Let's not forget Mr Baharat Gnoti caught by border guards trying to enter Nigeria with 22 SA-7 surface to air missiles he was instructed to deliver to Boko Haram. This should keep the Abuja up at night knowing
this is our neighbourhood. We are in the middle of great power

geopolitical competition and booming arms industry in Africa. People ask how insurgents get their weapons. There are clandestine operations fueling strife in Africa.

Nigeria should be worried. Very worried.

WHY?

Take the Central African Republic for instance.

The C..A.R has a population of just 4 million people and a GDP of $2 billion. A pretty insignificant country in the grand scale of things. Yet there are behind the scene tussles between major powers, like France and Russia in that tiny state. The Russians have rained a foothold

..in the CAR, displacing France in the process. In response Paris is using every means possible to destabilize the CAR by covertly arming fighting factions to keep killing each other.

If this is happening in an insignificant country that weilds no influence

imagine what is happening behind the scenes in Nigeria, Africa's richest nation...that by the way happens to be a very influential nation. A nation that cannot be tamed by virture of its size, wealth and large military. This behemoth of a nation also happens to be situated

..in West Africa, the only region in the world France still maintains some level of influence. If you are Paris, you accrue $500 billion annually from the colonial taxes imposed on 14 francophone states in West Africa. Ninety percent of the electricity you generate comes from

..nuclear power, more so than any other nation in the world. 100% of the uranium needed to power those nuclear plants are from Niger Republic. (Notice these are all the poorest least developed nations in Africa). This makes West Africa a strategic asset for Paris.

Then comes this behemoth that has been asleep for 40 years. A nation with the combined population of Britain and France. Fiercely independent because of its mineral wealth, human resources and a large and powerful military. In other words, a nation francophone states can

..look up to as an alternative to Paris, especially in the economic sphere. If you are Paris Nigeria represents a clear and present danger to your influence in West Africa. If you lose this region the era of France is a global power is essentially over. What do you do?

..the prudent thing to do will be to use every means at your disposal to cut this behemoth of a nation down to size. You sabotage every attempt made by Nigeria to economically integrate francophone states in the region, and since Nigeria is too large, rich and powerful

..to subdue what do you do? You destroy the country from within, or at the very least keep Nigeria bugged down with internal strife, thereby preventing Nigeria from living up to its potential and economically emancipating these Paris dependent francophone states.

Remember the ECOWAS Single Currency Project the ECO. It was TEN YEARS in the making. Nigeria spent $300 million to put modalities in place. Francophone states agreed to cut economic ties with France. This means $500 billion in annual colonial tax will come to an end.

These francophone states will also remove their external reserves from French treasury and put in Nigeria's Central Bank. A country they can actually hold accountable if any thing goes wrong.

But it was all a dream. France will not give up its real estate without a fight.

A week to the official announcement French President Emmanual Macron jets to the Ivory Coast and somehow persuades the Ivorian President to peg the ECO to the French created CFA, knowing the regions two largest economies, Anglophone Nigeria and Ghana will not stand for it.

To add insult to injury the Ivorian President did not make its decision known or consult the ECOWAS Parliament. The announcement was made in a Press conference with the French President standing by his side. A big middle finger to ECOWAS.

The ECO was DEAD.

After derailing the ECO the French President announced plans to reform the CFA franc. This was nothing short of a big middle finger to ECOWAS

To mitigate against a strong response from ECOWAS, the French President then cleverly goes on a charm offensive in regional powerhouse Nigeria, even visiting Felas Shine i kid ye not.

..but he wasnt fooling no one.

Now here we are. Paris has lost Mali to Moscow. Niger Republic has essentially become Nigeria's protège as it's new President accords loyalty to Abuja.

The Nigerian military is equipping and modernizing on a scale that is without precedence. Boko Haram has been

defeated in the technical sense, making the horrific prospect of a peaceful and stable Nigeria a possibility. If you are Paris all you have left to keep Nigeria busy and distracted is ISWAP. The NAF now has the platforms to do what French and U.S forces in Chad refused

..to do since the construction of their drone bases, bomb ISWAP enclaves in the Tunbuns of Lake Chad, and the NAF has been at it for two weeks. Four ISWAP commanders wiped out within two months. 15,000 Boko Haram
insurgents surrendering and ISWAP retreating to Lake Chad.

The reason ISWAP refuses to surrender is because of the weapons and support they are receiving from external interest groups whose best interest will not be served if Nigeria becomes a peaceful and stable society. Nigeria desperately needs to secure the border