Relocation of Military Command: Buhari’s first BLUNDER!

Relocation of Military Command: Buhari’s first BLUNDER! 

Relocating Nigeria military Central Command to front-line war zone is the most senseless decision any president have ever taken and such action is capable of endangering Nigeria external security. An outside force may invade the nation of Nigeria in time like these. This wrong decision calls for us to revisit Buhari's certificate scandal and how he come about his title of Major General when he is incapable of simple kindergarten Military decision. 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja directed the central command of the military to relocate to Maiduguri, Borno, to intensify the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Buhari, who gave the directive in his address after his inauguration, said it was impossible to achieve victory against the insurgents if the command continued to operate from Abuja. He said that the command center would relocate and remain in Maiduguri until the insurgents were subdued. 

Nowhere in world military history has the military central command been located right in the combat zone. It is the height of unprofessionalism, which is about to force me to revisit the issue of Buhari certificate scandal. Let us use the United States of America model as a case study . Military Central command are non combatants they are not infantry units but expertise from various fields of course. 

Structure Central Command headquarters staff directorates include personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, plans & policy, information systems, training & exercises, and resources, and other functions. 

The intelligence section is known as Joint Intelligence Center, Central Command, or JICCENT, which serves as a Joint Intelligence Center for the co-ordination of intelligence. Under the intelligence directorate, there are several divisions. 

In the United State the Central Military Command directs four “service component commands” and one subordinate unified command and no fighting units directly subordinate to it: The United States Army Central (USARCENT), and the United States Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT), both headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, the U.S. Marine Forces Central Command (USMARCENT), headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida and the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), headquartered at Naval Support Activity Bahrain in the Kingdom of Bahrain. MacDill Air Force Base also hosts a Sub-unified command called the Special Operations Command Central (USSOCCENT). 

In 1983, U.S. Military Central Command was established to succeed the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, formed at MacDill AFB, Florida on 1 March 1980, to handle US national security interests in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and the Persian G The USA Central Military Command main headquarters is located at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida. 

A forward headquarters was established in 2002 at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, which in 2009 transitioned to a forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to serve American strategic interests interest in the following countries as the Area of Responsibilty. 

Area of Responsibility (countries) for USA Central Military Command Located in Mac Dill Air force Base in Tampa Florida include: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, and Yemen. 

Tactically, its a great blunder for Mr Buhari to relocate the Military Central command right into Sambisa forest when he knew quite well that these people are non combatants they are not infantry soldiers and their area of responsibility covers a wider area than just Boko Haram. They monitor, deploy and protect both Nigeria air land and water from both internal and external aggression. 

Relocating Nigeria military Central Command to front-line war zone is the most senseless decision any president have ever taken and such action is capable of endangering Nigeria external security. An outside force may invade the nation of Nigeria in time like these. This wrong decision calls for us to revisit Buhari's certificate scandal and how he come about his title of Major General when he is incapable of simple kindergarten Military decision. 

-Ifeduba ThankGod T (Political Analyst writes in from Anambra State)