Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has called on the United Nations (UN) to investigate how Boko Haram and other terrorist groups have managed to sustain their activities in the country for the past 15 years.
General Musa made this statement during a recent interview with Al Jazeera, monitored by SaharaReporters, where he revealed that Boko Haram and other terrorist groups receive funding and support from international sources to sustain their activities in Nigeria.
He further emphasized that only the United Nations has the authority to trace and identify the sources of funding that Boko Haram has used to acquire equipment and logistics for nearly 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.”
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