Australian crisis negotiator, Stephen Davis has again spoken to the media about the inner workings of terrorist sect, Boko Haram.
Davis, who has links with the group, first of all claimed that Boko Haram was being financed by Nigerian politicians.
He then went further to name former Borno Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and former Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika as 2 of such financiers.
In a telephone interview with The Cable, Davis said:
“…it is done through a legal channel, through the gatekeeper, the CBN, and that makes it very easy to cover up”.
“One of the biggest of suppliers of arms and military uniforms to the JAS (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, better known as Boko Haram) currently lives in Cairo, Egypt. He is the recipient of money sent by political sponsors from Nigeria. The funds go through the CBN’s financial system and appear to be a legal transaction.”
“Meanwhile, the CBN official who handles the funding is an uncle to three of those arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security) after the bombings but they do not seem to have been interrogated about their uncle in CBN. Or if they have given up information about their uncle then the SSS has not moved against him.”
“Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who also schooled in Sudan. Boko haram commanders said Ogwuche’s wife used to visit this top official in his office at the headquarters of the bank in Abuja before the Nyanya bombings. They were very close,”
The Australian spent 4 months in Nigeria trying to secure the release of the abducted Chibok girls.
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