Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has claimed that some countries and individuals are giving financial backing to Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to destabilise the country.
The CDS made the allegation while addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, 15th December 2023.
Musa urged the sponsors and collaborators to desist from their actions as the military “would not relax in its effort to ensure that peace returned to the South-East.”
He said; “On the issue of Nnamdi Kanu, there are people that have continued to sponsor these people by contributing money. And you can see that they are not only killing people outside, they are also killing their people.
“So, you are funding somebody who is also killing you. So, our appeal is that people should stop supporting them, and expose all those doing those things, especially people like Simon Ekpa.
“He is sitting down there in comfort. Some countries are encouraging him to do what he is doing to Nigeria, and we are here supporting him. So, people must desist. We must call what is wrong, wrong. But I know that we are making efforts to ensure that we secure the whole of South-East and we will continue to do that.”
On the accidental bombing in Kaduna, the CDS promised that any personnel found culpable would be punished. The CDS further stated that the solution to the ravaging insecurity in the country was good governance.
Musa said; “Military solution is only 30 per cent, 70 per cent is good governance, equity, fairness and justice. Anywhere you apply this, you will see that you have a good community.
“If you go to Chad, Cameroon and Niger, once you come as a foreigner, they know because they have a database; they can identify you. And then there’s this security awareness within the public, which we lack.”
