Former Chief of Defence Training and Planning, General Ishola Williams (retd), has given some hints on how to end the insurgency in six months.
Speaking in an interview on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, General Ishola Williams said there was no need for the authorities to keep purchasing weapons.
The retired Army General stressed the need to maintain the already existing weapons for the military in the fight against criminal elements.
“All these problems can be solved within six months. Reorganise the security agencies. Develop a new technical system, develop a new intelligence and counterintelligence system and train the people properly,” he said.
Weighing in on the issue of arms smuggling, he called on the Immigration, Customs and Police operatives to have more inter-agency synergy.
He stated that some arms still illegally pass through the nation’s borders because of collusion by some personnel.
Security reform, not more weapons, key to ending insurgency – Retired Gen Ishola Williams
