Maiduguri Catholic Bishop Reveals Those Funding Boko Haram in Nigeria

Boko Haram members in the north east (File photo)

The real people funding the terrorist group, Boko Haram has been revealed by Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, Most Rev. Oliver Dashe.

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, Most Rev. Oliver Dashe, has claimed that some influential and selfish Nigerians are funding the Boko Haram sect. Dashe addd that Boko Haram came about as a result of corruption. The man of God revealed this in a chat with journalists in Maiduguri yesterday. Although he praised the work being done by the Nigerian army and the successes recorded so far, he urged security agents to intensify efforts to rid pockets of activities of the insurgents as indicated by cases of suicide bombings.

He said that the Christian community in the state suffered heavy loses due to the crisis and called for help from government. Dashe called for the involvement of Christian bodies in the rebuilding plan of the North East. “The plan for the rebuilding the North-East should involve the church; if the church has been part of assisting the victims of insurgency, it should equally be involved in the rebuilding plan. “The Federal Government should get the church involved in the efforts at reconstruction”, he said.