Insecurity: The government knows sponsors of Boko Haram – Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi

Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi has alleged that the Nigerian authorities is aware of these behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency within the nation.

Olawunmi in an interview on Channels Tv on Wednesday August 25, famous that this adminstration introduced that it has arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related those who have been sponsoring Boko Haram, however now shielding them.

Additionally referencing his time as a member of the navy intelligence group in 2017, he disclosed that a few of the insurgents talked about politicians who at the moment are Governors and Senators as their sponsors.

He stated;

“They [government] know. After all, it’s within the information.

“In April this 12 months, the federal government stated that they had arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related people that were sponsoring Boko Haram. They advised us.

“Attempt them, we all know them. Why can’t this authorities, if not that they’re partisan, deliver these individuals out for trial?

“I can’t come on air and begin mentioning names of people that are presently in government that the boys we arrested talked about.

“A few of them are governors now. A few of them are within the Senate. A few of them are in Aso Rock.”

Olawunmi who served as a safety and intelligence transient on the Defence Headquarters between 2016 and 2017, added that the challenges going through the nation can’t be solved the identical manner the Niger Delta situation was solved. In accordance with him, fishing out the sponsors is a significant manner of ending the conflict.

The Professor of Intelligence and International Security Research added;

“The problem we have now on this nation can’t be solved the identical manner we solved the issue of the Niger Delta. I advised them we are able to’t use the identical technique for Boko Haram.

“The centre of gravity of Boko Haram and insurgency in Nigeria are the sponsors of that programme.”