Nigeria's defense minister, Mohammed Abubakar, bounced from his job because of health problems, right when the country is dealing with mass kidnapping chaos. President Bola Tinubu tapped retired general Christopher Musa as the replacement, and this guy ran counterinsurgency ops against jihadist groups before. Over 400 people got snatched since mid-November, with most victims being schoolchildren, and nobody really knows if criminal gangs or extremist fighters are behind it.
The government declared a security emergency and wants to pump up police numbers by recruiting 20,000 more officers. Abubakar helped Tinubu win elections back in the day, and he got the defense gig as payback when the president took office. The US is getting involved after Donald Trump threatened military action if Nigeria keeps letting Christians get killed, but security experts keep saying both Muslims and Christians are catching the violence from these attacks.
The government declared a security emergency and wants to pump up police numbers by recruiting 20,000 more officers. Abubakar helped Tinubu win elections back in the day, and he got the defense gig as payback when the president took office. The US is getting involved after Donald Trump threatened military action if Nigeria keeps letting Christians get killed, but security experts keep saying both Muslims and Christians are catching the violence from these attacks.
