"Where does Boko Haram gets its money from?" - Terrence McCoy

The Islamist terror group’s recent attacks in Nigeria are notable for the expensive military hardware in display. Terrence McCoy reports on the sources of this money, from wealthy Middle Eastern backers to the black market

If there was an exact moment that the international community understood the breadth of Boko Haram’s evil, it came last month, when the group’s leader grinned and announced that he would sell more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in his “market of selling human beings”.

TREASON: Army Generals selling weapons to Boko Haram

 

Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Minimah is leading the investigation of 9 Generals/Senior Military Officers on suspicion of selling military-grade weapons to Boko Haram.

According to reports, it is also believed that the Generals allegedly gave Boko Haram tips on troops’ movement, operations and were involved in illegal movement of weapons from the Nigerian Army armouries in various northern states.

Abducted girls: Chukwumerije hits out at Defence Chief over comment

Senator Uche Chukwumerije has condemned a statement credited to the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh - that the military had discovered the camps where the abducted Chibok girls were being held, according to Punch.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the information should have remained a top military secret.

Hence, he specifically condemned the assertion by Badeh that the military had located the camps where the abducted girls were being held.

“I am very much elated by the news that the location of our girls is now known to the army. But like the rest of the nation, especially observers, I am puzzled by one phrase, according to the military spokesman; their location is a military secret," he said.

“Now what puzzles me is simply this: why do you make public what you consider a military secret? As you are announcing the location or your discovery of the location of these girls, the news is being known to those holding them captive.

“And you think they are going to stay there and wait for you until you come to locate the girls and take them away?

“This puzzles me because we know in all American military operations you don’t hear a word about that until after their mission is accomplished.

“The next you will hear is that their mission has been accomplished. When the leader of Al Qaeda was dealt with, we know how it was done.

“Nobody even had a wind of what was going on until it was completed.

"So, let us hope and pray that if the news of the location of the girls is true that the enemy is not sufficiently warned to move before our men would strike.”

Photos: Nigerian Army in Sambisa Forest to #BringBackOurGirls

Like Major General Chris Olukolade asserted, the Nigerian Army have been working tirelessly to ensure the 200+ Chibok girls who were abducted last month safely return to their parents.

According to recent reports, here are pictures of our army officers combing through the thick forest - where the deadly Islamic sect Boko Haram takes refuge: