When Farouk Yahaya was moved from the Nigerian army 1 division in Kaduna state to oversee the wars against Boko Haram in the north-east, he pledged to ensure “total peace and sanity” in the troubled region. He may not have achieved that completely, but things improved under his watch going by available records.
Data obtained from the Council on Foreign Relations show that from April 1 when the major general took charge of the war against Boko Haram, till Thursday when he was named Nigeria’s chief of army staff, the number of civilians killed by insurgents dropped by 17…
