Acidosis:
Rumours are not to be refuted.

Acidosis:

But you believe the allegation against Borno ex-governor because he's Hausa. Right?

Orikinla: [size=28pt]If Ihejirika is not a suspect, then why did GEJ replace him?
What of the other generals who were implicated as accomplices of Boko Haram?
Why did GEJ say that Boko Haram has infiltrated his government?
The white guy is not lying.
Many of those attacking Stephen Davis here are errand boys of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
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amtalkin:
Apart frm the fact that he has been linked with BH in the past, we all knw Northerners knw 1 or 2 things about BH

Orikinla: [size=28pt]If Ihejirika is not a suspect, then why did GEJ replace him?
What of the other generals who were implicated as accomplices of Boko Haram?
Why did GEJ say that Boko Haram has infiltrated his government?
The white guy is not lying.
Many of those attacking Stephen Davis here are errand boys of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
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PointB: In summary:

1. Stephen Davis was a freelancer,
2. He was not engaged by anyone (make this X 2)
3. He has no scoop on Ihejirika, other than knowing his name
4. His information on Sherrif is more or less what we all know, he said nothing new about Sherrif and Boko Haram formative years
5. His opinion on opposition support for boko haram is same as what 'we' have been saying - gaining presidency through terror- nothing new here.
6. Sponsors of Boko Haram cannot control them if they win election. Sherrif is a living witness of that
7. Boko Haram have several commanders (who doesn't know that?)
8. Boko Haram commanders told him everything
9. These commander names were not mentioned (but their sponsors name are easy to say)
10. Some Boko Haram commanders will surrender, and release the girls, and give us the names of their other sponsor, if the mentioned sponsors are arrested (I fitn't laugh)

My opinion is simple, Mr. Stephen Davis is an attention seeker, who probably is looking for job!

SuperMartins: I didn't av to read dis thread b4 commenting...We av to be careful with all dis white pple..they re been paid by d World powers to put dis Nation in a terrible state...they want Nigeria to cave-in but I think we(Nigerians) re smater than all dis,We know d USA aint our friend...all they do is pretend to help but silently destabilise dat particular nation...we shuldnt fall for their cheap tricks oo...they aint our friends...Nigeria mxt stand cos I love my country oo,asin...I love NIGERIA!!

Eldavido1:

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/

Orikinla: [size=28pt]If Ihejirika is not a suspect, then why did GEJ replace him?
What of the other generals who were implicated as accomplices of Boko Haram?
Why did GEJ say that Boko Haram has infiltrated his government?
The white guy is not lying.
Many of those attacking Stephen Davis here are errand boys of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
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tonychristopher:


and some stupid idi.ots takes this man serious, a stupid aussie looking for relevance. now they will shut up...but wait a minute, how do logical minded people even think that boko haram will disclose their source of funding...

the aussie went and asked the islamist, abeg who dey give una money, shekau said na ihejrika and ex governor, he left..just like that. i laugh


people can be so daft to believe him, cos he is a white man, i am ashamed of Nigerians


shame on Nigerians that doesnt think

Acidosis:

The point is: lets put sentiments aside. Any accused person should be investigated.

Eldavido1:

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/

By Soni Daniel

I first met Dr. Stephen Davis at the American Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, in June 2009. At that time, the Australian was assisting the Federal Government of Nigeria to broker peace with the irate Niger Delta militants, who had taken up arms against the administration and almost rendered its oil-dependent economy comatose through oil theft, destruction of facilities and kidnapping of oil workers.

We lost contact until I got to know that he had been involved in the effort to free the Chibok girls. Some other reports claimed he was hired by government to negotiate with Boko Haram.
However, in this interview, Davies makes it clear he was never engaged by the Nigerian government to dialogue with the sect.

Excerpts of the interview:

What do you have to show that you were engaged by the Nigerian government to negotiate with Boko Haram?

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.

Why did you release the report of your assignment to the media instead of sending it to government?

I did not construct a report of my efforts in Nigeria. As I said earlier, I was not engaged by any party and therefore had no obligation to report to anyone

Some Nigerians find it curious that you decided to give your report only to Arise TV, owned by a Nigerian, Nduka Obiagbena, who also owns Thisday Newspapers and may be sympathetic to some politicians in Nigeria.

I gave a radio interview to the ABC in Australia which subsequently told me that after the transcript was posted to their online site, it had been picked up in the UK and Sky News requested an interview. In the hope of bringing attention to the many other girls and boys kidnapped by Boko Haram, I agreed to a television interview. That interview took place in Channel 7 studios in Australia and it was at that point that I was told it was an interview with Arise TV. I had not heard of Arise TV and did not know it was owned by a Nigerian or indeed that it had any association with Nigeria. At the time of giving the TV interview, I was of the understanding that it would be broadcast by Sky News in the UK.

On Mr Obiagbena, I have not met him or ever been contacted by him.

Many Nigerians find it extremely difficult to understand how the former Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ihejirika, who actually fought Boko Haram elements and was accused of genocide could be linked with sponsoring the violent group.

It is much easier to understand Mr Sheriff’s alleged association with Boko Haram than any association of Mr Ihejirika. Mr Sheriff was said to have a long history of promoting groups to assist in his past efforts to win the governorship of Borno State.

On 29 July 2009, there was a confrontation with security officers at Mamudo Village, along Potiskum/Damaturu Road, Yobe. 33 JAS members were killed. Later that night, there was a long battle with combined security operatives at Railway Terminus, Maiduguri, Borno State. Scores were killed and the JAS operational base was destroyed. Yusuf was subsequently captured by the military and handed over to the police.

The JAS alleged that it was on Sheriff’s orders that Yusuf was executed in Maiduguri on 30 July 2009. Shekau was presumed killed in the same battle and a corpse was identified as that of Shekau. Thus the remaining JAS leaders made it clear their intention was to kill Sheriff and so it is right that Sheriff claims he is a victim of JAS. The Boko Haram we see today is not the JAS that was operational under Yusuf. Shekau emerged in mid-2010 and publicly claimed the leadership of a reinvigorated JAS.

Shekau formed Ansaru which he used for kidnapping and beheading victims. This behaviour was a major departure from the original mandate of the JAS which was to purify Islam and return it to the behaviour example in the life of the Prophet. Many among the JAS leadership are no longer active and others have been killed. This has allowed Shekau to take the JAS to more extreme action and expanded the kidnapping, bombing and slaughtering.

The Boko Haram we have today is a much expanded Ansaru. What we see now is not the Yusufiya which wanted very much to settle scores with Sheriff. It is Boko Haram as a partner to ISIS and Al Shabaab.

Now I will offer an opinion as to the motives of the sponsors of 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.

Several Boko Haram commanders and other persons close to and respected by Boko Haram have told me the names of some of the sponsors of Boko Haram. They have also described how some funds are transferred and arms made available. I have made public some of that information. I have also been told by some commanders that if one of the sponsors is arrested, they will surrender, release the girls and give information on the sponsors. Not all Boko Haram commanders will follow this lead but it may be a firm step towards dismantling or at least isolating Boko Haram.

Acidosis:

But you believe the allegation against Borno ex-governor because he's Hausa. Right?

Acidosis:

Abegii! Why won't you all accused Davies? He has been on this for sooo long;
If he had mentioned Hausa names ONLY, I'm very sure most of you would worship him!

Goddex: [size=15pt]"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".[/size] - stephen Davies (The Boko Haram Australian Negotiator)

Over to APC and so-called Northern Leaders

PHfinest:

[size=13pt]Boko Haram just named all the people that are blocking their way and this Aussie P00 is too daft to understand.
I also see some Nairalanders yarning Okpata in support or in defense.
Common sense really no dey common.
To the extent of saying ....arrest our sponsors and we will surrender... Kai, I laugh in Japanese[/size]