'Borno Politician Sponsors Boko Haram - Soldier Reveals

A Nigerian soldier who is fighting against the insurgents in Borno state has said the Boko Haram war is a political one, not a tribal or reli­gious war and a popular politician from Borno is truly one of their sponsors.

Speaking to Sunday Sun in an interview, the 38-year-old soldier who craved anonymity said the big men in Nigeria are fully aware of what is going and some of them visit the insurgents on Fridays.

According to him, Boko Haram had at one time attacked Gamboru Ngala where the popular politician’s father lived. They destroyed more than 200 houses and about 350 civilians but nothing happened to the politician’s father who was in his house at that time. Even his house was not affected, the insurgents only broke some glasses in the house and moved 14 vehicles out of the compound.


He said: “There was a man from Adamawa State who told me that he was abduct­ed by Boko Haram as he was returning from Maiduguri with his family. They were camped in Sambisa forest. In that forest, our big men go there on Fri­days. Whenever they are coming, they (the captives) would be asked to lie face down. The man said he managed to look up sometimes and the only person he could recognize was that politician.”

He explained that everybody in government is corrupt, both the presidency and national assembly and even the army.