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I Acted Solo: Stephen Davies

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Australian Hostage Negotiator, Stephen Davies has said that he acted on his own and was not hired by the Federal Government. His denial follows his allegation that the Boko Haram sect was sponsored by Ali Modu Sheriff and Army General Ihejirika.

His statement was obtained from an interview published by The Vanguard Newspaper.  He said;

“I was not engaged by the Federal Government of Nigeria, any state government or any other party. I went to Nigeria in late April in an effort to facilitate a handover of the Chibok captives after discussing such a possibility with former commanders of JAS (Jama’atu Ahlul Sunnah Lih Da’awa wal Jihad otherwise known as JAS) and others close to Boko Haram.”

When he was asked why he thinks that the sect is funded by politicians, he replied that  

“The political sponsors of Boko Haram seem to think that they can use Boko Haram to terrorise Nigeria to demonstrate that the current government cannot ensure the security of Nigerian citizens both Muslim and Christian. Therein the sponsors assume they can undermine any efforts of the current government to be re-elected in 2015. Herein lies the flaw for the conflict and instability currently being fanned suits the aims of Al Qa’eda and the architects of terrorism. Should the sponsors of Boko Haram win government in 2015, they will likely find that they cannot turn Boko Haram off or that Boko Haram will demand control of at least Borno State in return for reducing their attacks. Borno State may be just the beginning of an expanding caliphate.”

 

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