SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum

Name: SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum
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Available October 2025
“SCARS is not merely a record of events of a military memoir; it is a reflective,
human-centred exposition of the costs of conflicts, the burdens of command, and
the resilience of both soldier and citizen. It captures the emotional, psychological
and communal dimensions of the Boko Haram insurgency, reminding us that
behind every statistic is a story and behind every strategy is a sacrifice.”
The emergence of the terrorist organisation, Boko Haram, in 2002, ushered in an
unprecedented era of bloodbath, destruction of properties and devastation of economies,
not just in Nigeria, but across the West African belt, with far-reaching regional, continental
and global consequences. In this compelling book, General Lucky Irabor (Rtd), a former chief
of defence staff appointed in 2023 during the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, astutely
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 a man
who led Nigerian forces against one of the biggest threats to his country offers a deeper
understanding of Boko Haram and the insurgency challenge.
This is a must-read book.

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General Lucky Irabor is one of the most decorated and distinguished retired military officers
in Nigeria. He was appointed as the country’s 17th chief of defence staff in 2021 at the tail
end of a distinguished military career that saw him play critical national and international
military intervention roles, including peacekeeping efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone with
the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
(UNAMSIL) and the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
Irabor is a holder of an engineering degree and two master’s degrees from Obafemi
Awolowo University, the University of Ghana, Accra, and the Bangladesh University of
Professionals, Dhaka, respectively. He is a fellow of both the Nigerian Society of Engineers
and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. He speaks, writes and consults on military
and security issues in Nigeria and around the world.
Irabor is married with children.