Ariyomo, who was a guest on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said that the abduction of the Chibok girls, is a tiny bit of the huge tragedy that has befallen the nation as over 20,000 have, reportedly, died as at May 2014 as a result of insurgency.
"The Security situation is quite unfortunate but I have noticed a trend that we are looking at these issues as if they are isolated", Ariyomo said.
"When Chibok happened, people went haywire with the 'Bring Back Our Girls' campaign but then Chibok is just a revelation in the events that have become more or less what we could call cumulative of tragedy over time."
He said if Nigeria must address the problem of insurgency, it would need to review its past efforts.
"I seriously believe there are quite a number of things that we have been doing that seem not to take into consideration the characteristics of the terror we are confronting before us and ahead of us."
According to him, there was a huge difference between insurgency, especially when it is terror driven and agitation by aggrieved individuals who might resort into violence as witnessed in the country before now.
Comparing Nigeria's civil war and the militancy in the Niger Delta, Ariyomo said the Boko Haram issue "is different and chiefly about terror where the first thing that gets out of the window is reason and the fact that it is not motivated by any equal opportunity."
He stated further that a solution like the amnesty given to the Niger Delta militants would not work in the issue of insurgency as it is more driven by a different set of rule.
The expert stressed that dialogue would not work because the insurgents are more or less faceless, adding that if the issue would be addressed, consideration must be taken on the special characteristics that make the distinction of 'cumulative terror'.
"The special characteristics that make insurgency distinct is that it is ideology driven. This was the insurgents' potent weapon and it is not principally and chiefly religious even if it uses religion as a vehicle.
"It is primarily about power. The act of insurgency in Nigeria was to make President Jonathan look as if he had lost control of the nation.
"I align myself with those who believe Jonathan is the primary target and one of the reasons is to make him look incompetent and make him look out of control. That is why poor people are targeted just to show that the country is ungovernable."
On the way forward, he counselled that the fight against terror should not just be about the military.
"Different components must be introduced as Nigeria needs a political strategy and propaganda strategy that would address issues and negative," he said.
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