Quote Originally Posted by KingJaja View Post
The police has always been under resourced, but the army has always beaten Boko Haram decisively in one on one encounters. Policemen have been known to go AWOL or refuse to put on their uniforms.

The Nigerian Military is much more competent than the Malian Military.
Jaja,
Good point. What keeps BH from going after the military other than shear size and far more firepower ? Playing with law enforcement has been their goal and quasi revenge, but attacking say 85,000 trained troops may be a bit harder than a bunch of cops.