Ex-DSS Director reveals those behind Benue massacre

According to him, the kind of sophisticated weapons used by the
attackers for the massacre created his suspicion that fleeing Boko
Haram members are in control.

He said “I suspect very strongly too that these people are
fleeing Boko Haram members who took to their heels when the
military turned the heat in the northeast.

“The sophistication in which they operate, the arms they use
calls to question what our intelligence services are doing.

“We should be able to identify these people. We should be able
to know what they want because Miyetti Allah, the national body
dissociated themselves from this.

“In Benue for instance, the Miyetti Allah said they cannot obey
the law. And at the same time, they said Fulani people were not
involved. It is a contradiction.

“The incessant killings Is a big challenge on the part of the
government which needs prompt and rapid attention.”

According to him, the kind of sophisticated weapons used by the
attackers for the massacre created his suspicion that fleeing Boko
Haram members are in control.

He said “I suspect very strongly too that these people are
fleeing Boko Haram members who took to their heels when the
military turned the heat in the northeast.

“The sophistication in which they operate, the arms they use
calls to question what our intelligence services are doing.

“We should be able to identify these people. We should be able
to know what they want because Miyetti Allah, the national body
dissociated themselves from this.

“In Benue for instance, the Miyetti Allah said they cannot obey
the law. And at the same time, they said Fulani people were not
involved. It is a contradiction.

“The incessant killings Is a big challenge on the part of the
government which needs prompt and rapid attention.”