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The Nigerian Senate reacting to the alleged funding of terrorism in Nigeria by the United States Agency for International Development USAID, Wednesday summoned Security Intelligence Chiefs for investigation and veracity of the allegation by Perry Scott of the United States parliament.
The resolution followed an Order of Urgent National Security through Order 41 by Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ali Ndume.
Ndume urged the Senate to consider the revelation as too weighty to gloss over, given the devastation that terrorists have done to the country, particularly the Boko Haram fighters, stressing that the investigation would put paid to speculations on how the non-state actors have been surviving over the years.
The heads of security intelligence agencies summoned by the Senate are, National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Directorate of Intelligence Agency, DIA, Department of State Services, DSS, and the National Security Adviser, NIA.
Senate President, Godswill in sustaining the resolution remarked that security issues should not be discussed in the market, noting that the head of security intelligence will offer the Senate better perspective in a close door meeting with them.
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said Nigeria won’t allow the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) continue operation in Nigeria, if the American government agency is found guilty of sponsoring terrorism.
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said Nigeria won’t allow the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) continue operation in Nigeria, if the American government agency is found guilty of sponsoring terrorism.
“If it is true that USAID has been funding Boko Haram in Nigeria, we have no business allowing them to have offices in Nigeria. So, before we can take decisive steps and also ask for recompence, automatically we must go deeper into the issue,” the Senate President said.
To investigate the allegations by United States Congressman, Perry Scott, that the USAID has been funding terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Senate summoned heads of security and intelligence agencies.
The resolution was prompted by an Order of Urgent National Security raised by Senator Mohammed Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, under Order 41.
Ndume urged the Senate to treat the revelation with utmost seriousness, citing the devastating impact of terrorist activities, particularly by Boko Haram, on Nigeria.
He stressed that a comprehensive investigation would dispel speculations about how non-state actors have sustained their operations over the years.
