Kashim Shettima, Borno state
governor, has described the funds alleged to have been stolen in the $2.1
billion arms deal scandal, as blood money. While playing host to Ladan Salihu,
the director-general of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in Maiduguri
last week, Shettima said the “arms scandal” is a crime against humanity.
“The revelations from dasukigate
have shown that some sections of the northern political class and their
children were all involved in this massive crime against humanity. This is
blood money. What is the difference between all the revelations and the blood
money (blood diamond) in Liberia and Sierra Leone and Congo?
The money meant to prosecute the war
on terror was inhumanly diverted while thousands of civilians and soldiers were
killed.”KSM news quotes him as saying He called for speedy trial of everyone
involved in the sustenance of the insurgency “by the diversion of the funds”.
Shettima also said the security situation in his state had improved and that
only two local government areas are under Boko haram's captivity. “Six months
ago, all the entry points into Maiduguri were inaccessible except to Kano.
Months ago when I raised the issue
of Boko Haram insurgency, I was called names and vilified, but I had to dare
the tiger. I told the world what we were going through then in Maiduguri. I
know by speaking out, I would face dire consequences but I had the mandate of
over six million people of Borno state to tell the world what was happening.
Twenty local government areas were under Boko Haram but thank God today only
two are not completely accessible, that is Abadam and Mobbar,”he said
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