Most Of 120,000 Surrendered Boko Haram Came With Hard Currencies; Who Is Funding Them? — Chief Of Defence Staff, Musa
He added that it is only the United Nations that has the jurisdiction to trace and track the source of funding that Boko Haram members have been using to procure equipment and other logistics for almost two decades.
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has asked the United Nations (UN) to investigate how Boko Haram and other terror groups that are destabilising the country have been able to sustain themselves for 15 years.
General Musa mentioned this in a recent interview session with Aljazeera which SaharaReporters monitored, stating that Boko Haram and others are getting funding and support from international communities to continue their terror activities in the country.
He added that it is only the United Nations that has the jurisdiction to trace and track the source of funding that Boko Haram members have been using to procure equipment and other logistics for almost two decades.
Musa said: “We have talked to international communities, let’s find out the funding. When they started surrending, as we speak, we have over 120,000 that have surrendered. Most of them when you find them, they are coming with hard currency. How did they get them? How are they funded? How did they get the training? How did they get the equipment?
“Well, maybe an international conspiracy (behind the insurgency in Nigeria), you don’t know. Who knows? How are they able to sustain themselves for fifteen years? That is one question I think everybody should ask.
“The UN needs to come in because we need to trace the funding, how are they sustaining themselves for fifteen years? (To come and) trace, and track the funding. It is international flow and we(Nigeria) don’t have control over that.”
Recall that Musa recently said the fight against insecurity would be better in 2025, noting that last year (2024) was challenging.
The CDS had also said he wanted to see renewed and greater vigour in the fight against insurgency in 2025.
Musa said this during his visit to the front-line units under OPERATION SAFE HAVEN in Kaduna and Plateau states respectively.
