Nigeria: Insurgents Likely Receiving Foreign Govt Backing
February 6, 2020
12:38 pm
There is a possibility that foreign governments are funding insurgents in the country, Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defense said on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting held with service chiefs.
Last week, amidst growing concerns of insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives called for the resignation of the military chiefs, but had at first summoned them.
The resulting meeting was a joint one by the committees on Army, Navy, Airforce, Defence and National Intelligence.
Briefing journalists on what transpired during the meeting, Mr Benson told them “there could be some truth” in the insinuation that foreign powers …
