After U.S. airstrikes in northwest Nigeria, the reaction is divided
Some Nigerians welcome the move against ISIS, while others question Washington's timing and motives
The strikes came weeks after U.S. criticism over attacks on Christians. For the ordinary Nigerians, this is a matter of life and death
And any effort, any effort that can help towards addressing the insecurity that has been
Vidaebling Nigeria over the last decade or so will be welcomed by the overwhelming majority of Nigerians
But that effort has to be intelligence driven. It has to be precise and it has to succeed
Nigeria's approval of the attacks is striking. Foreign military intervention here is rare
Nigerians on the streets would expect magic because when you say that the US is coming
in then there is some sort of savior complex on the part of the people who think that once the US steps in and then all the problems are wiped away But realistically speaking that would not be the case because these situations are very complex I mean
the Nigerian government has been dealing with this with only the Islamic State for
over 10 years now. It has evolved from Boko Haram to splinter groups, and we keep having complicated
situations with them. And then you have the situation with the bandits in the northwest
and each of these conflicts have their own peculiarities. They differ in so many ways from one to the other
It's the same way that if you go down south, you have different security situations which all differ
and require different tactics in handling them. And so I do not see that the airstrikes will necessarily end the situation
It might coil it for an interim moment or temporarily, but it doesn't exactly mean that this would mean an end to the security situation
Nigeria is fighting multiple armed groups from Islamic State affiliates linked to Boko Haram to the lesser-known Luka Warrior gangs