A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative claims that Boko Haram fighters receive a daily allowance of $3000 (or ₦1.08m), while Nigerian soldiers fighting the insurgency get a paltry ₦1000. Nigeria IslamicState BokoHaram ICYMI
A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative , Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 as allowance, while Nigerian soldiers get a paltry N1000.
Mohammed, who is Head, Humanitarian Assistance and Rehabilitation of PCNI, stated that Boko Haram, which started as a movement based on an ideology and whose members were used and dumped by politicians has been hijacked and now operates like a cartel. “Unfortunately, it is like a guerilla warfare. As we are here discussing, if somebody here is a member of Boko Haram, he will not say anything, but goes out there to strategise and come back.
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