FG knows sponsors of Boko haram – Ex- Naval officer alleges

Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi has alleged that the Nigerian government knows those behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the country. 

The former Naval officer stated this while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

His words, “They [government] know. Of course, it is in the news.

“In April this year, the government said they had arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related people that were sponsoring Boko Haram. They told us.”

The presidency had earlier said it would publish names of those behind the Boko Haram war with the development generating heated controversy across the country. 

However, months down the line, the long-waited list is yet to be made public, a situation the ex-military officer says does not bode well for the government who he accused of shielding criminals. 

He continued, “Try them, we know them. Why can’t this government, if not that they are partisan, bring those people out for trial?” he questioned , just as he corroborated calls from several quarters for the Federal Government to make good its promise. 

Olawunmi claimed that the government has developed cold feet in fighting the insurgency because some of those backing Boko Haram are now top-ranking government officials.

While referencing his time as a member of the military intelligence team in 2017, he said, “I can’t come on air and start mentioning names of people that are presently in government that the boys we arrested mentioned.

“Some of them are governors now. Some of them are in the Senate. Some of them are in Aso Rock.”