Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has revealed that most surrendered terrorist members from Boko Haram and other groups always have hard currencies on them.
The Army chief regretted that Nigeria does not have the jurisdiction to trace and track the source of such funds.
He hinted that such funds are part of the larger pool of what the terrorists have been using to train themselves and buy weapons for over fifteen years.
The CDS, who spoke during a recent interview with Aljazeera, therefore called on the United Nations (UN) to investigate the source of such funds, adding that it is obvious the insurgents are getting international support to sustain themselves and carry out terror activities for almost two decades.
General Musa submitted that it is only the UN that has the jurisdiction to trace and track the source of funding that Boko Haram members and other insurgents have been using to procure equipment and other logistics for over fifteen years.
“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,” Musa said.
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