A military spokesman has reportedly faulted the claim that the gains of counterinsurgency operations were now being eroded in Borno State. This is a matter both the military and the people of Borno State are equally capable of ascertaining. My emphasis here is on the response of the said military spokesman to a media report that 17 out of 27 local government areas in Borno State are under attack by the Boko Haram insurgents.
For the spokesman to have made such a powerful case for the need for a road development network in Borno State is praiseworthy. He has a point in stating that terrain is an important factor in warfare. However, the handicap of road networks in Borno and anywhere else would appear to have been overplayed.
Wars have been fought and won even in medieval times when there was hardly any road of note. European wars were fought and won before the Roman roads and the German autobahn. Wars have been fought and won in jungles and deserts with hardly any recognizable road let alone a road network. Even in modern times, we have had military campaigns in Congo, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Lebanon, and Sudan. Nigerian military participated creditably in many of these places.
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