Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (rtd), will on Friday, October 3, launch his new book on the Boko Haram insurgency in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, are to grace the unveiling of the book titled: “Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum.”
 
According to the author, the literature is “destined to change the Boko Haram narrative.” Chairman of the Book Launch Organising Committee, Jonah Ejenavi, in a statement, said the work is a compelling revelation of the complex dynamics of the Boko Haram terrorist sect.

Ejenavi said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been invited to the book presentation as Special Guest of Honour, while former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is chairman of the occasion. 
 
Most Rev (Dr.) Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, will serve as book reviewer.” He added that the Boko Haram’s emergence in 2002 ushered in an unprecedented era of bloodbath, destruction of property and devastation of economies, not just in Nigeria, but also across the West African belt, with far-reaching regional, continental and global consequences.
 
“In Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, Gen. Irabor dissects the Boko Haram conundrum, while proposing solutions to a challenge that threatens the future of Nigeria and other West African states. 
 
“The bird’s-eye view of Gen. Irabor, who led Nigerian forces against one of the biggest threats to his country, offers a deeper understanding of Boko Haram and the insurgency challenge.”