Change Tactics And Mindset So You Can Defeat Boko Haram – US Tells Nigeria

The United States government says Nigerian forces involved in the fight against Boko Haram jihadists need a change of mindset and tactics to defeat them..

Lieutenant-Colonel Sean McClure, the US Defence Attache in Abuja disclosed this on Wednesday on the sidelines of an African Security Summit.

McClure said Boko Haram’s tactics – from the detonation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to hiding within the local communities -require a shift away from conventional strategies.

“We haven’t necessarily seen that kind of adaptation cycle. They’re trying to figure out how to do this. How they think in terms of combat, in my opinion, Nigeria is still thinking of things as a conventional warfare,” McClure added.