The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has
disclosed that prison warders help Boko Haram members move money around.
Musa said the prison warders also help Boko Haram members
carry out some of their criminal activities.
He disclosed this during the sectoral debate with Service
Chiefs organized by the House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday.
Musa said during debriefing, some Boko Haram members in the
North-East, confessed to how from the prisons they could plan operations and
pass funds to the field through the help of some prison warders.
He said: “They passed funds across and we asked how. They
told us they use some of the warders.
“We are not saying all of them are bad, but they use some of
the warders’ accounts to transfer money and the deal is anybody whose account
it is transferred, shared it 50-50. Those are the challenges.”
The Army Chief also lamented that the high dollar rate had
hampered the purchase of relevant equipment needed to fight insecurity.
According to Musa, all the items procured are bought with
foreign currency.
He added: “We don’t produce what we need in Nigeria and if
you do not produce what you need, that means you are at the beck and call of
the people that produce these items.
“For example, during the last regime, about $1 billion was
set aside for defence procurement. Out of that amount, over $600 million was
for the procurement of aircraft. So, the whole money had gone.
“So many times when people see that funds are being released
to the armed forces, they think it is so much but by the time you convert them
to dollars you do not get much.
“One precision missile for our drone costs $5,000. So
imagine how many we would be able to use and how many we can procure. So, those
are the challenges.”
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