Cameroonian investigative journalist,
Bisong Etahoben, is reporting via
Twitter the arrest of Mahamat Bichara
Gnoti, a close associate of Chadian
President IIdriss Déby Itno.
Mr. Gnoti was reportedly arrested on the
Chadian-Sudan border with 19 SAM2
missiles he purchased from the Sudanese
army meant for the Boko Haram terrorist
network in northeastern Nigeria.
President Idriss Deby greeting President
Goodluck Jonathan in N'Djaména
Mr. Gnoti who claimed that President Idriss
Déby gave him the funds to purchase the
weapons, had waved a presidential pass
issued to him by Mr. Deby’s office in order to
get past border guards but was stopped and
searched by the guards who found the deadly
weapons on him.
There has not been an official confirmation or
denial either by the Chadian or the Nigerian
authorities. A text message sent to the office
of Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the National
Security Adviser in Nigeria regarding Gnoti’s
arrest did not receive a response, an aide
said Mr. Dasuki is traveling in Mexico.
However, the arrest of Mr. Gnoti, if confirmed,
will provide solid evidence that the Chadian
president is largely behind the Boko Haram
lightning insurgency in Nigeria’s northwest.
Mr. Derby recently swindled the Nigerian
government out of millions of dollars in
Nigeria's failed attempt to negotiate the
release of some 200 high school girls
abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok town
last April.
On September 8th President Goodluck
Jonathan made a dramatic visit to
N’djamena to meet with Idris Derby, Mr.
Jonathan was accompanied on the trip by
the former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu
Sherrif.
The visit was condemned by opposition
figures and civil society groups in Nigeria as
they see it as an open embrace of individuals
funding Boko Haram militants.
An Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis had
accused Mr. Sheriff and former Chief of Army
Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika of actively funding
Boko Haram.

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