Critical stakeholders including former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently posited that solution to the debilitating impact of the Boko Haram insurgency on the economy and existence of Nigeria would remain elusive until leaders are united on the root cause and true solution to the menace. Alex Enumah reports:
Last week, the creme de la creme in the Nigerian society gathered in Abuja to unveil the book, “Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum” written by a former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Leo Irabor. In attendance were two past presidents, President Bola Tinubu represented, serving and past state governors, serving and past military officers, religious leaders, ministers and politicians from several political parties.
The book, according to the author, is meant as a 60th birthday gift to himself as well as a roadmap for leaders in search of an end to the 16 years crisis of the Boko Haram insurgency. “The account in this book is a painful truth as I see it”, Irabor stated, just as he expressed hope that the book will elicit a national conversation that would focus attention on credible solutions to not just the Boko Haram insurgency but insecurity challenges facing the nation.