In settling for Sambo Dasuki as the new Nationalย Security Adviser (NSA), President Goodluck Jonathan has tactfully putย the search for a solution to the Boko Haram menace on the laps of theย ย Nigerian Muslim leadership.
The position of NSA is a sensitive one usually held by very seniorย military chiefs and their counterparts from the Department of Stateย Security (State Security Service).
Sambo is a retired army colonel who once served as Aide de Camp (ADC) to former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd). He isย the son of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, who deposed as Sultan of Sokoto byย late military dictator, General Sani Abacha. His uncle, Alhaji Muhammadย Sa’ad Abubakar III, is the incumbent Sultan of Sokoto and head of theย Nigerian Muslim community.
Apart from being a northerner, Sambo is well connected to theย northern power blocs both by birth and by association. It is thereforeย believed that he would be able to solve the Boko Haram crisis since theย terrorist group is believed to enjoy the support of the northernย leadership despite to regain political control of the control.
โDonโt also forget that Sambo is from Sokoto, which is the head ofย the Caliphate and has remained a no-go area for Boko Haram,โ said oneย analyst.
A former Managing Director of Security Printing & Minting Company Limited, Sambo attended both American Universities, Washington DC andย George Washington University where he obtained a BA in Internationalย Relations and MA in Security Policy Studies respectively.
He had his military training in several institutions in Nigeria andย abroad including the Nigerian Army School of Artillery, Oklahoma, USย Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth Kansas.
Sambo was last night announced as the replacement for Owoeye Azazi, a retired army general and President Jonathanโs Ijaw kinsman who took office inย October 2010 but never found a solution to the Boko Haram attacks, which have claimed over a thousand lies and put a huge question mark onย Nigeriaโs unity.
Source: www.transportandbusinessexpress.com
