The utter secrecy surrounding what the government is doing or not doing
to free the Chibok girls or end the insurgency has led to the unfortunate
impression that it is helpless and all we can do is wait for Abubakar Shekau to
become human again, renounce violence and lay down his arms. Or wait for the
United States to send us night vision goggles and remaindered equipment from
its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before a proper anti-terrorism war can begin.
Davis spoke first to a television station in Australia and then to a Nigerian
medium, Arise Television. On 29 August, ThisDay published Davis’s revelations
under the headline Australian Negotiator Names Ihejrika, Sheriff as Sponsors of
Boko Haram. Davis points with the certitude of a chief prosecution witness to
two highly placed citizens: retired Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika, former Chief
of Army Staff and field commander of the offensive against Boko Haram, and
Alhaji Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State where Shekau has his
headquarters and has planted the first flag of his dreamed Caliphate. The
evidence against Azubuike appears thin, but Sheriff, Davis says, “has been
funding Boko Haram’s terrorism for years. Davis has also pointed to an unnamed
third person in Abuja whose three nephews allegedly participated in the
Nyanya-Abuja bombing that killed 77 people. In his interview with
SaharaReporters, the New York-based online news platform, Davis gives further
details concerning this man by claiming that he is a top official of the
Central Bank and Boko Haram’s banker.
Vanguard Newspaper
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