Prominent legal scholar and public affairs analyst Bulama Bukarti, PhD, has taken to his X account to reinforce a hard-hitting position he advanced on Sky News, declaring that one-off airstrikes, even when tactically successful, cannot resolve Nigeria’s protracted security crises.
According to Bukarti, while airstrikes may deliver short-term battlefield gains, they fall far short of producing lasting peace. He argued that Nigeria’s security challenges — ranging from insurgency to armed criminality — demand a sustained, deliberate, and Nigerian-led military campaign, not episodic shows of force.
He further stressed that Nigeria must remain firmly at the centre of any security intervention, warning that external involvement, if poorly framed, risks undermining both sovereignty and long-term effectiveness. Any international support, he noted, should be strategic, limited in scope, and tightly coordinated with Nigerian authorities.
Bukarti’s remarks cut through growing calls for quick foreign fixes, emphasizing that enduring stability can only be achieved through consistent operations, local intelligence dominance, and strong national ownership of security efforts.
His message was unambiguous:
Airstrikes may win moments — but only sustained Nigerian leadership can win the peace.
