By Ifeanyi Christopher
Not Borno.
Not Plateau.
Not the obvious front line.
That should teach you something about American intelligence and intelligence gathering.
They know where the problem is from
You do not fight only where the noise is loud.
You hit where coordination, funding, and command are happening.
The Nigerian Army can handle the front line.
Soldiers can confront fighters head-on.
But to end the problem, you dismantle the powerhouse.
You break the coordination, the planners, the enablers.
That is how real wars are won.
This was not an attack.
It was a warning.
A message that says, in clear terms:
We know where you are.
We are watching you.
Leave now, or face the consequences.
That is how serious operations begin.
Quiet. Precise. Psychological.
And this is only one of many signals.
If the attacks in Nigeria don’t stop
America will not back down, especially with this Israel intelligence
I said it before in one of my posts.
The next phase would not be loud.
In the next 90 days, the noise would drop.
What you are seeing now is the beginning of that phase.
Why am I worried?
Because Trump has now put Nigeria on the global map for the worst possible reason ever.
A US missile strike on Nigerian soil.
Then, a public announcement that America struck ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
That single statement has done serious diplomatic damage to Nigeria.
Nigeria’s image has been dragged into a category it has never openly occupied before.
And this could have been avoided months ago.
If the leadership had acted with precision.
If they had controlled the narrative.
If they had managed the media.
If they had crushed the insurgents quietly and decisively.
But they failed. Completely.
From the security adviser.
To the army command.
To the media handlers.
To the presidential circle.
Up to the president himself.
They failed first to control the story.
They failed to counter propaganda.
They failed, most importantly, to end the insurgency.
Now, it has spilled beyond our control.
Inside Nigeria, life feels normal.
People are dancing, posting, moving on.
But outside Nigeria, the picture is different.
To the international community, Nigeria is now being associated with terrorism.
Terrorism they have neglected since 2009
Travel restrictions are only the first signal.
Clearing this image will not be easy.
It will require the government to go all in.
Diplomatically. Militarily. Politically. Media-wise.
They must prove, that Nigeria is safe again.
And that process is neither fast nor simple.
That is why this strike worries me.
Still, one thing remains true.
If our leaders failed and someone else is now forcing accountability,
then that part, at least, is a welcome development.
