Northern group, Arewa Consultative Forum has called on the Federal Government to investigate the Goodluck Jonathan administration over allegations that it was the major sponsor of Boko Haram.
Although the group did not disclose how it wanted the Federal Government to investigate itself, it did say that it was motivated to make the call after it read Governor Murtala Nyako’s open letter to the Northern Governors Forum in which he insinuated that the Jonathan administration must be sponsoring Boko Haram.
The call was made via a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim.
The statement partly reads, “ACF had in the last six years expressed serious concern over the spate of killings and destruction of property by the Boko Haram insurgents and other criminals in the North especially in the North-East region. It had also appealed to Government at various levels on the need to adequately equip and fund its military and other security personnel to tackle the insecurity challenges bedeviling the North.
“Unfortunately the measures employed by government including a state of emergency have not yielded the desired result, hence the incessant attacks and kidnaping of innocent people by the insurgents and unknown gunmen.
“It would be recalled that not long ago, our military command informed the world that it had found and destroyed over 700 vehicles belonging to the insurgents in one of their camps, so as to wither the fighting being waged by the Boko haram insurgents, how come the killings and kidnappings have continued to be on the increase especially in the North-East region?
“ACF had earlier called on the government to thoroughly investigate the source of funds, arms and ammunitions the insurgents have in carrying on with their deadly acts of terrorism against the people without much resistance from our security forces deployed in the affected states.
“Therefore, Governor Nyako being a victim of the calamity that has afflicted the Northern states is only expressing the frustrations being felt by other victims.
“ACF therefore calls on the Federal Government to urgently investigate the allegations made by Governor Nyako especially the support being enjoyed by the insurgents from third parties within and outside Nigeria in order to get to the root of this insecurity ravaging the North.”