Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima has described the funds alleged to
have been stolen in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal which is now
being described as Dasukigate on social media, 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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