VOA: Corruption Could Have Undermined Boko Haram Fight – Interview with Yan St-Pierre

January 20, 2016

Chris Stein from VOA News talked to Yan St-Pierre for his article “Corruption Could Have Undermined Boko Haram Fight“:

Yan St-Pierre of the Berlin-based security firm MOSECON says corruption is only part of the reason for the military’s struggles in the northeast. “The corruption part is indeed very true. Is it as large as to make Dasuki the kingpin of it all and to make it the core reason why the Nigerian army has so many problems fighting Boko Haram? It think that’s exaggerated and that’s sort of the [public relations] aspect,” St-Pierre said. Rather, poor strategy and a lack of collaboration between Nigeria and neighboring countries is more to blame for the insurgency’s continued attacks, St-Pierre says. “There’s really this rigid strategy, this rigid thought within the Nigerian army that prevents them, that doesn’t allow them to become flexible and realize that they have some issues and the way they’re running things isn’t that effective,” he said. A better strategy would involve better collaboration with the police and more mobility of troops. “That rigidity prevents them from conducting proper military operations,” he said.

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