Foremost security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has revealed that the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram, is deploying tactics used by the German Army in the invasion of France and Russia during the Second World War.
Describing the method as “blitzkrieg strategy,” Ekhomu explained that this new terrorist tactic involves the rapid invasion of a state, seizure of the territory and destruction of lives and properties in the captured areas.
He said: “The Boko Haram strategy is modeled after the invasion method utilized by the German Army in invading France and Russia during the Second World War.
“Blitzkrieg means “lightning war” and it is the use of incredible speed, coordination and movement to get large mobile forces through weak points in the enemy’s defences in order to capture territory.”
Reacting to the siege laid to Damaturu, Yobe State on Monday by Boko Haram, Ekhomu, who is the the President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, said the “blitzkrieg” strategy had been employed successfully by Boko Haram in its ambitious land grab campaign in the North East.
He added: “Blitzkrieg was employed in the capture of Mubi, Hong, Michika, Madagali and other towns and local governments in Adamawa and Borno States.
Blitzkrieg is the deployment of terrorist assets in a lighting fashion aimed at overwhelming military defences and quickly capturing towns and hoisting jihadi flags.
“It does not matter if the terrorists can’t hold on to the territory.
“To them, it is a great moral and military victory.
“They also often rename the cities as they did to Gwoza and Mubi.”
Ekhomu maintained that the attempt to capture Damaturu was to show Boko Haram’s military prowess to the world.
Beyond the symbol, the terrorists would have destroyed a lot of government infrastructure such as government house and other important vital assets in Damaturu.
He pointed to the burning down of the radio station in Damaturu as an example of devilish acts which the Boko Haram sect planned to carry out in Damaturu.
Ekhomu commended the military for saving the day and warned politicians against the constant insults, inveighing and derision of the military.
He said that recently, politicians from Yobe State stated that military presence was not needed in the state and that emergency rule was unnecessary.
The security expert wondered what would have been the fate of Damaturu if the Federal Government had withdrawn its troops as “recklessly demanded” by politicians who had not conducted threat assessment and vulnerability assessment of the state.
Ekhomu said it was the patriotic duty of the federal legislature to quickly approve emergency powers as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan to enable prompt conclusion of the war on terror.
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