It appears Australian hostage negotiator Dennis Stephen isn't done
making outrageous and some would say 'eye-opening' claims. Just a day
after he claimed that former Borno state Gov, Alimodu Sheriff and an
unnamed retired army chief are sponsors of Boko Haram, he's now claiming
that the insurgent group is funded through the CBN. In an interview
with
TheCable, Stephen claimed a senior official of the CBN handles the financial transactions of the sect group. What he said below...
"One of the biggest of suppliers of arms and military uniforms to the
JAS (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, better known as Boko
Haram) currently lives in Cairo, Egypt. He is the recipient of money
sent by political sponsors from Nigeria. The funds go through the CBN’s
financial system and appear to be a legal transaction. Meanwhile, the
CBN official who handles the funding is an uncle to three of those
arrested in connection with the Nyanya bombings. The three boys lived
with him. They were arrested by the SSS (Department of State Security)
after the bombings but they do not seem to have been interrogated about
their uncle in CBN. Or if they have given up information about their
uncle then the SSS has not moved against him." Stephen said Continue...
"Also, a senior official of CBN, who recently left the bank, was very
close to Sodiq Aminu Ogwuche, the mastermind of the Nyanya bombings who
also schooled in Sudan. Boko haram commanders said Ogwuche’s wife used
to visit this top official in his office at the headquarters of the bank
in Abuja before the Nyanya bombings. They were very close,” Davis said.
He said he is speaking out now because he feels the Federal government
is doing little in the rescue of the missing Chibok girls
"I have three daughters. I just cannot stand the thought of what those
girls are passing through. I have spoken to an escapee who described how
she was being raped for 40 days by militants. I can’t stand it. It is
heart-breaking. Nigerian authorities must act decisively now,” he said
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