Thread by @DefenseNigeria

Journalism, the once noble profession is DEAD in Nigeria. Reporters aspiring for recognition now choose to write about Nigeria's war on terror. They do this because "national security" is a niche area of expertise and the vast majority of Nigerians have no understanding of the

intricacies of counter insurgency. Reporters take advangage of this fact by writing inaccurate stories knowing they will get away with it because the average Nigerian couldnt tell the difference between factual and inaccurate stories. The Editor of PR Nigeria is advocating for

foreign military cooperation because:

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The support foreign nations like the U.S and UK have being providing to Nigeria has helped to restore sanity in many local governments and towns, hitherto under the stranglehold of terrorists, in the North East.

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Furthermore, he attributes gains made by the Nigerian military to the MNJTF and uses it as a template for Nigeria to outsources her national security via cooperation with countries that have actively sought to derail Nigeria's war on terror, but for the doggedbess

..of the Nigerian military. Its been a long road to get to where we are today, and it is stunning to see the Nigerian media attributing this to efforts of other countries.

It took eight years for Nigeria to finally to take delivery of 12 Super Tucanos

..and to do this Nigeria had to crawl on its knees waiving a $500 million cheque. Every unfortunate incident that involves civilians casualty resulted in an automatic freeze of the Tucano deal. Till this day the U.S maintains a policy of not sharing Intelligence with Nigeria

..because they " do not trust the Nigerian government". Similar efforts to aquire AH-1 Viper helicopters from Israel was torpedoed citing human rights issues. The most powerful nation in human history has drone bases in Mali, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, equipped

..with the deadliest attack drone in the world, yet will not go after Boko Haram/ISWAP because they are not here to "interfere with the war effort". Neither will they share the intel they gather from their overflights over Nigeria because they " do not trust the government".

In October 2021, U.S Navy Seals carried out a rescue operation in Nigeria without the knowledge of the Nigerian government. They executed a daring nighttime operation to rescue their fellow American Philip Walton with exceptional skill and precision. Nigeria got to know about

..the rescue operation after Trumps tweet of the successful operation, embarrassing the Nigerian government in the process. How about the French? Paying millions of dollars to jihadi groups in the region, caught smuggling arms to various groups.

A milestone in the quest for victory over Boko Haram insurgents was recorded on 22 December 2016 when the Nigerian army captured “Camp Zero,” Boko Haram's fortress located in the heart of Sambisa Forest, in Borno State.

It was their operational base since 2013 when they were dislodged from Maiduguri. It was a victory that stunned pundits who claimed it would take 5 years for the Nigerian military to capture Sambisa.

January 2017 the Obama administration began lobbying Congress for billions

..of dollars to construct drone bases in Niger,Chad and Cameroon to help "partner nations" defeat terror. This request was made AFTER THE FALL OF SAMBISA...let that sink in. What followed was the fastest base construction projects in the history of the USAF. Within a year we had

Six drone bases spread across Chad, Niger and Cameroon. What happened shortly after? We had a resurgent Boko Haram. Soon after we had ISWAP. And since those drone bases went active in 2016 there has been not a single registered drone strike on Boko Haram and ISWAP.

Till this day. Not once. It didnt matter ISWAP had set up their operational HQ in Lake Chad, 80km from U.S drone bases. ISWAP was allowed to operate with impunity and use it as a base to stage attacks in Nigeria. This only changed after the arrival of the Tucanos and JF-17.

Does Nigeria ever get credit for her doggedness and refusal to go the way Libya and Syria went? No. To have Nigerian media attributing gains made in this decade long war on terror to foreign partners is beyond stunning.