Boko Haram Will Never Reveal Its Source Of Funding – Shehu Sani

Shehu_SaniPresident of the Civil Right Congress, Comrade Shehu Sani, on Monday ruled out the possibility of Boko Haram sect disclosing its source of funding and sponsorship to the Australian hostage negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis.

Davis in an interview with the media last week, alleged that some prominent politicians, a former army chief and high ranking government officials, were the brains behind the Boko Haram insurgency.

Former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff and former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), who the Australian mentioned as sponsors of the sect, have denied their involvement with the former threatening to sue Mr. Davis.

However, reacting to the allegation which has generated ripples across the country on his Facebook wall on Monday, Sani, who once facilitated a meeting between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the group in Maiduguri in 2011, said it was impossible for genuine Boko Haram members to disclose to any negotiator their source of funding.

“I have been asked by many people to confirm whether the statement credited to the Australian negotiator about the involvement of some people in the Boko Haram insurgency is true or false.

“The truth and the little I know is that it is very impossible for genuine Boko Haram top rank members to disclose to any negotiator their source of funding.

“Any negotiator who deviates from his acclaimed role of a broker and tried to seek information about their source of funding will likely be treated as a spy.

“How logical is it for the group to be sponsored by persons they consistently despised and targeted?

“The government has denied any link with the mediator and I believe the group will make their statement on the issue”, Sani stated.