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Northern Governors, NSA Spending Millions On Fake Boko Haram Dialogue Facilitators -Source
Posted: August 5, 2012 - 23:21
Plateaus Gov. Jonah Jang and NSA Sambo Dasuki
By SaharaReporters, New York

SaharaReporters has exclusively learnt that some Northern State Governors, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, and other prominent government officials and businessmen are lavishing vast public funds on a series of bogus citizens who claim to have access to the leadership of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda Awati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram.

A security source told SaharaReporters they are all being duped by conmen who are exploiting the name of the sect for their selfish ends.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that various individuals, including religious leaders and some members of civil society, have been milling around the state governors and the NSA with strategic proposals on how to reach the sect and put to end the insurgency.

He noted that the continued attacks and bomb explosions by the sect are a clear indication that these officials are dealing with swindlers and insincere Nigerians who are taking advantage of the desperation by the government as an avenue to siphon off their own “share” of the security vote.

The source said, “In all the affected states, the governors have been spending millions and yet there is nothing to show for it. This is holy month of Ramadan but the attacks have even become more frequent than before, in the process the so-called mediators or facilitators have crowed everywhere. They [militants] struck in Sokoto seat of the caliphate and home of the NSA. Where then is the justification from all these middle men who have overshadowed our superiors that they know them and can influence stoppage.”

He added, “If the middle men are real, we will have seen changes but the situation is taking another complex dimension. They have not solved it and have also not stopped deceiving government by collecting public funds. This is purely security issues and must be dealt in that regards. It is all lies there is no any dialogue with real Boko Haram sect under the leadership of Imam Abubakar Shekau.”

He concluded that something urgent must be done and end the ‘jamboree’, saying, “Our suggestion is simple: let government end this jamboree and face reality. If the middlemen are real, why is the Boko Haram still attacking and bombing places with increasingly sophistication? Why? Just last week 10 RPGs were intercepted from the sect in Nigerian-Chad border.”

It will be remembered that President Goodluck Jonathan swore to end the Boko Haram menace by June; two months ago. He also changed his top security adviser, his previous one having traced origin of the situation to the shenanigans in the People’s Democratic Party. Still, the Boko Haram militancy has simply grown.

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