One mid-morning early in December last year, I stood in the balcony of my house and watched as aircraft, as usual, lazily came in to land. I live along the very busy international plane route leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. But this morning, there was something unusual about the incoming flights. Within the space of 45 minutes, I was able to count thirteen Nigerian Air Force Hercules transporters. I immediately knew Nigeria's war against Boko Haram was going to take a turn for the better.
There was no other possible explanation. These military cargo hackneys were coming in to haul away an enormous armada of arms and ammunition to the theatre of war in the Nigerian Northeast. It was obvious to me that, at last, the Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan, had woken up to the need to act decisively. From day one when terrorists started exploding bombs in churches and government buildings in Abuja and environs, I called for total military action; a decisive burnout of this threat, ensuring that their sponsors were made to pay the grim price prescribed by law.
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