On the Sunday edition of the TVC Journalists' Hangout, the panelists discussed the recent letter sent by the CAN president, to President Buhari advising him to seek the help of the Israeli Army, to combat insurgency in Nigeria.
In contribution to this discussion, Babjide wasted no time in expressing his thoughts the letter from the CAN president and he clearly stated that the Nigerian Army lacks good military intelligence, hence, the need for the Israeli Army to come to their aid.
Here's an excerpt of his statement:
"The Israelis have the ability to give quality military intelligence and that is an area where even the Americans respect them and that is one are we(Nigerian Army) lack.. in fact, we are not there at all.
in my opinion, if we have a strong military Intelligence, a Commander of a fighting force like 'Lafiya Dole', would not have complained that he and his boys were given wrong intelligence. If you listen to the video that went viral, you would discover that General Segun Adeniyi was saying they were given wrong intelligence and the insurgents stopped them from moving forward, as their car tires were blown up and they were stuck in the bush."
Dear Nigerians, please wade into this discussion?
Do you believe that the Nigerian Government, should seek the help of the Israeli Army?
Do you also believe that Babajide Kolade-Otitoju's statement, may have been belittling for the Nigerian Army?
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COMMENTS
SylvesterIzuogu_01
02-08 18:02:42Are you sure the so-called wrong intelligence was not DELIBRATE? I believe that religion and ethnocentrism are removed the Nigerian army would be able to deal with the Boko Haram insurgency.
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02-08 17:18:58Babajide Otitoju may no doubt have some limitations on the knowledge of the Army. There are various reorganizations and reformations that need to be carried out to enable it conform with modern realities as obtained in well standard armies in other parts of the world. The intelligence units or corps, for example, is a very important arm of a fighting force, collecting needed information about the enemy. Nobody can fight any successful battle without having adequate knowledge about the enemy. The intelligence corps should first look inwards before looking for the Israelis. The right materials should be there devoid of unnecessary discriminations and other parochial interests and policies. Like other arms, people have now realized that the job is not a jamboree nor Tea Party, this is the real situation.
WaheedLawal_03
02-09 00:17:01My due respect to Babajide Otitoloju but I beg to disagree with his submission that Nigeria military lack proper inteligent unit because General segun Adeniyi said they were given wrong inteligent . The General was only being diplomatic they were purposely given wrong inteligent by the fifth columnist within the armed forces the only thing wrong with the country fighting forces is low moral and lack of proper motivation.Reorganise the Nigeria armed forces replace mediocrity with merit the country multi tribal strength was not put to use during biafra war we didn't get to see Nmandi , Emeka and chukwu as the commanding officer facing biafra army but what do we have now all the commanding officers are either malumfashi or captain dogo to face their people who are of the same religion, from the same ethnic tribe there is bound to be sympathetic feelings our diversities in language and tribe have been brought to use with the right equipment, training and proper motivation the Nigeria armed forces can stand toe to toe with any military in the world.