The Chadian Ambassador to
Nigeria, Mr. Isah Braimah, yesterday,
exonerated his country of funding or
arming the Boko Haram insurgents. He stated this when members #
BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, protested to
Chadian embassy in Abuja, with banners,
asking the Chadian government to
explain its roles in the insurgency in the
North-East and demanding a response to a media report that a close ally of the
Chadian President, had been arrested by
Cameroonian gendarmes, with lethal
arms meant for Boko Haram. He also asked the BBOG, coalition
members who visited his mission, to
meet the Federal Government for answers
in the abducted Chibok girls. The envoy, said his country had no inkling
to the whereabouts of the over 200
Chibok girls who were abducted by the
Boko Haram sect in April, 2014, stressing
that it was only the Nigerian government
that should be held responsible for the rescue of the school girls. The leader of the BBOG members, Aisha
Yesufu, who led five representatives of
the movement to the meeting with the
ambassador, quoted him as saying that
Chad was not supporting Boko Haram
insurgents in its war against Nigeria. According to Yesufu, the envoy accused
the Nigeria Police Force of dragging the
name of his county in the mud by alleging
that it arrested a Chadian with arms, that
Isah challenged the Police to provide
evidence of Chadian involvement in the terrorism in Nigeria. The BBOG leader, who briefed other
coalition members after the meeting
outside the Chadian embassy gate, stated
that the ambassador could not provide
satisfactory answers to many questions
that were posed to him on the Boko Haram insurgency and his nation’s
questionable roles. “The ambassador said the the way they
practice Islam in his country is different
from Nigeria because Muslims co-exist
peacefully with others. He said we should
meet our government for answers on the
Chibok girls and denied that his country was supporting or sponsoring Boko
Haram,” she said. She said that the group was advised to
send a letter to President Idris Derby of
Chad, who would be expected to give
detailed response to BBOG’s inquiries. Yesufu further said her movement would
also dispatch a letter to President
Goodluck Jonathan, as advised by the
envoy, to demand an update on efforts
being made to rescue the Chibok girls
who have been in Boko Haram captivity for seven months.


Source : vanguardngr.com/2014/12/chad-denies-funding-boko-haram/