𝐁’𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐨

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed deep concern that the Boko Haram insurgency has endured for 15 years, far outlasting the 30-month Nigerian Civil War.

Obasanjo, speaking on Sunday, said it was disturbing that a crisis involving a non-state group has persisted for over a decade and a half despite multiple security interventions. He warned that allowing such a conflict to stretch this long poses serious risks to national stability, development, and public confidence in the country’s security architecture.

He noted that the comparison between the short duration of the civil war and the prolonged insurgency should prompt urgent reflection and reform in Nigeria’s approach to internal conflict resolution. Obasanjo stressed that the nation must rethink its strategies if it hopes to bring the insurgency to a decisive and lasting end.