Tinubu, Obasanjo, Kukah To Unveil Irabor’s Book On Boko Haram

A erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor (rtd), volition contiguous his caller publication connected the Boko Haram insurgency to the nationalist successful Abuja connected Friday, October 3, 2025.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, person been invited to grace the unveiling of the publication titled: “Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum.”

According to reviewers, the publication is “destined to alteration the Boko Haram narrative.”

In a statement, the president of the Book Launch Organising Committee, Jonah Ejenavi, said the book, which is simply a compelling revelation of the analyzable dynamics of the Boko Haram violent organisation, would beryllium unveiled astatine the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Ejenavi said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been invited to the publication presumption arsenic Special Guest of Honour, portion erstwhile President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is president of the occasion.

“Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, volition service arsenic publication reviewer.”

He added that Boko Haram’s emergence successful 2002 ushered successful an unprecedented epoch of bloodbath, demolition of spot and devastation of economies, not conscionable successful Nigeria, but besides crossed the West African belt, with far-reaching regional, continental and planetary consequences.

“In Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, Gen. Irabor dissects the Boko Haram conundrum, portion proposing solutions to a situation that threatens the aboriginal of Nigeria and different West African states.

“The bird’s-eye presumption of Gen Irabor, who led Nigerian forces against 1 of the biggest threats to his country, offers a deeper knowing of Boko Haram and the insurgency challenge.

“The 330-page publication has 14 chapters divided into 3 parts. The parts research Nigeria’s humanities past portion unravelling the roots of the country’s information challenges; the conundrum caused by Boko Haram, and the paradigm displacement required to found bid successful the Nigerian nine contempt the menace of insurgency,” Ejenavi said.