Chibok Girls Cannot Be Rescued—Former Chief Of Army Staff

A former general in the Nigerian Army has said that only miracle could take the over 200 schoolgirls in the den of Boko Haram group.

Brigadier-General Idriss Bello Dambazau, a retired army officer and one time Chief of Army Staff, speaking in interview with Freedom Radio in Kano, said he is fully convinced that the Chibok girls could not be traced, expressing sympathy parents of the kidnapped teenagers.

Dambazau, now the Commissioner for Special Duties in the administration of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, said his knowledge of the military makes him believe the war against the terrorists is a tough one.

In his words, “I was born and bred in the military institution. My father was a military officer, may his soul rest in peace. Four of my siblings and I had enrolled in the military and I joined the Nigerian army in 1969, when I was 14.  So, I can tell you I know in and out of the military.”

He noted that the slow response of the government to the abduction of the girls got the situation out of control.

He pointed out that fighting insurgency requires adequate preparations. Dambazau added that under the military law, the amount of weapons needed to face enemies on a battle field must triple the ones possesses by them.

However, he did not disclose if the Nigerian Army has enough weapon to fight the Islamic sect.