Rising terrorist activity in Benin, driven by groups like JNIM and ISGS posses a risk to Nigeria’s border state, potentially threatening Lagos. Our notoriously porous border cold turn the southwest into a corridor of attacks.
With only about 7,500 soldiers and 2,500 personnel in its gendarmerie, Benin’s small military and non existent air force will be hard pressed in confronting well organized terrorist groups.
This is where Nigeria’s decision not to develop a large and powerful air force commensurate with its size, because of the absence of a near peer adversary in the region may just prove to be a short sighted strategic mistake./Nigeria Military Gallery on FB
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