Over the past few days, Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, has been embroiled in quite a bit of controversy over his allegations about Boko Haram’s source of funding.
Davis has repeatedly stated that he was
in Nigeria for four months, acting as a Boko Haram hostage negotiator to
help free the Chibok girls. It was during the said negotiations that he
claimed to have discovered that the terrorist group was being funded by
prominent Nigerian politicians including, Ali Modu Sheriff. He also alleged that funds were being transferred
via CBN.
The federal government via a statement last week, denied hiring Davis as a Boko Haram hostage negotiator.via CBN.
And now, Vanguard has published an interview that Soni Daniel allegedly had with Davis.
Read excerpts:
On whether he was hired by the Nigerian government
I was not engaged by the Federal
Government of Nigeria, any state government or any other party. I went
to Nigeria in late April in an effort to facilitate a handover of the
Chibok captives after discussing such a possibility with former
commanders of JAS (Jama’atu Ahlul Sunnah Lih Da’awa wal Jihad otherwise
known as JAS) and others close to Boko Haram.
On why he thinks Nigerian politicians are sponsoring Boko Haram
The political sponsors of Boko Haram
seem to think that they can use Boko Haram to terrorise Nigeria to
demonstrate that the current government cannot ensure the security of
Nigerian citizens both Muslim and Christian. Therein the sponsors assume
they can undermine any efforts of the current government to be
re-elected in 2015. Herein lies the flaw for the conflict and
instability currently being fanned suits the aims of Al Qa’eda and the
architects of terrorism. Should the sponsors of Boko Haram win
government in 2015, they will likely find that they cannot turn Boko
Haram off or that Boko Haram will demand control of at least Borno State
in return for reducing their attacks. Borno State may be just the
beginning of an expanding caliphate.
Read more from the interview here on vanguard.
Chief of the Army Staff
I
was not engaged by the Federal Government of Nigeria, any state
government or any other party. I went to Nigeria in late April in an
effort to facilitate a handover of the Chibok captives after discussing
such a possibility with former commanders of JAS (Jama’atu Ahlul Sunnah
Lih Da’awa wal Jihad otherwise known as JAS) and others close to Boko
Haram. – See more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.nHXJpIyu.dpuf
Soni Daniel
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