Security experts have tasked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Army to launch intelligence surveillance on sponsors of Boko Haram, saying that the ongoing war against the terrorists cannot be won except efforts are made to expose and deal with their sponsors in the country.

The experts, many of whom are retired generals, brigadier-generals and security intelligence officers who have served in foreign peace missions, also called on the Federal Government to intensify strategies to tackle security issues in the country, saying that Nigeria would be seen as failed state if the military also fails in their war against terrorism.

They spoke at the Da’wah Workshop organised by the Lekki Muslim Ummah, calling on President Buhari and Army Chiefs to go after sponsors of the dreaded terrorists group in the country, saying the best approach to tackling Boko Haram menace are launching an attack on the sponsors.

Speaking on the theme of the workshop titled: “Dealing with the Insecurity in the Nation”, General Muhammed Ibn Umar Adeka (rtd) said Nigerians should continue to wonder where the supposed poor and hungry Boko Haram terrorists are getting weapons and food and others in spite of the continued onslaught by the Nigerian Army on them.

According to him: “It is a strategy in the military, when enemies are being fought, you also look out for and block the possible means of where your enemies can get power.

“We can’t continue to fight their foot soldiers without dealing with their sponsors who frequently empower them against the state.”

General Adeka, who insisted that the sponsors of Boko Haram must be jailed and not be treated with kids glove, said it was disheartening that some people even in the military don’t want the problem of terrorism to stop, alleging that some have become billionaires overnight due to corruption and frequent diversion of resources meant for the procurement of weapons to fight the insurgency.

On his part, Special Adviser to the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said kidnappers were becoming more sophisticated daily in their operation and strategies.

He said kidnappers now have three groups namely: Those who go hunt for victims to kidnap; those who provide places where the kidnappers’ victims will stay and those who negotiate with the relatives of the victims for ransom. (New Telegraph)