It is not our duty to expose sponsor of Boko Haram – Army

Nigerian Army on Thursday said that it is not its duty to expose sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, , Director of Defence Media operations, John Enenche said that though the army is aware that some groups are being sponsored, its duty is to defeat terrorism and other criminality.

Enenche said it is the responsibility of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS) to find out and disclose the identities of those sponsoring the criminal groups.

He said, “The kind of weapons these terrorists are using like the gun truck and other sophisticated weapons are expensive and how much are they stealing to procure those arms, that have to say that they are sponsored and heavily funded.

“But like I said, it is not the duty of the military to uncover the sponsors. Our duty is to remain in the frontline and defeat terrorism and other criminality and that is what we are doing.

“We have the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Security (DSS), it is their responsibility to gather intelligence on the sponsors of the terrorist sand not the military.”

On why the military is yet to invade the Sambisa forest, Enenche said troops are trying to avoid collateral damage that may result from “total bombardment of the forest”. [ELOMBAH]

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