Security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has advised the government to ban convoys used for political campaigns in the states under emergency rule.
Ekhomu said in a statement on Monday that in recent times, Boko Haram convoys were being mistaken for convoys of politicians in the hot zones.
He said as a result, political campaign convoys should be banned in the states under emergency rule until the terrorists are routed out.
He explained that the security of citizens was more important than political campaigns adding that “political activities should not serve as a cover for terrorist attacks”.
Ekhomu, who is also the Chairman of the School of Management and Security, said this in reaction to the attack on a Catholic Church in Chakawa Village, Madagali LGA of Adamawa State which resulted in the murder of 35 persons and the attack on the EYN Church at Sabo Gari area of Gulak, headquarters of Madagali LGA that resulted in the killing of the pastor and 10 worshippers and the killing of 55 persons.
He also condemned the torching of over 300 houses and shops including about seven mosques in Kawuri Village in Kondugha LGA Borno State.
The security expert advised the military high command to deploy force multipliers in the fight against Boko Haram as there was a need to invent new strategies in the war against terrorism.
Ekhomu said in order to subdue terrorists, security forces have to resort to the use of force multipliers which includes specialised security tips hotlines, customised intelligence operations, perception management, and aerial rapid response.
He defined force multiplier “as a capability that when added and employed by a combat force, significantly increases the combat potential of that force and thus enhances the probability of its success against the enemy”
He said, “Force multiplier measures include the provision of GSM phones and use of dedicated security hotlines for the reporting of terrorist attacks on rural communities. It is also the development of intelligence assets within the communities and the use of threat assessment software to predict attacks.”
Ekhomu called for the urgent provision of telephones with pre-programmed hotline numbers that citizens may use to report attacks. He said a minimum of 20 telephones should be purchased and distributed to each community with training of villagers on how to report attacks to a consolidated military command centre manned by well-trained operators who can speak the local languages.
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