Lets watch and see what GEJ will do next.
Cameroonian investigative journalist,
Bisong Etahoben, is reporting via Twitter
the arrest of Mahamat Bichara Gnoti, a
close associate of Chadian President
IIdriss Déby Itno.
Mr. Gnoti was reportedly arrested on the
Chadian-Sudan border with 19 SAM2 missiles he
purchased from the Sudanese army meant for
Boko Haram terrorist in northeastern Nigeria.
President Idriss Deby greeting President
Goodluck Jonathan in N'Djaména
Mr. Gnoti who claimed that President Idriss Déby
gave him the funds to purchase the weapons,
had waved a presidential pass issued to him by
Mr. Deby’s office in order to get past border
guards but was stopped and searched by the
guards who found the deadly weapons on him.
There has not been an official confirmation or
denial either by the Chadian or the Nigerian
authorities. A text message sent to the office of
Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the National
Security Adviser in Nigeria regarding Gnoti’s
arrest did not receive a response, an aide said
Mr. Dasuki is traveling in Mexico.
However, the arrest of Mr. Gnoti, if confirmed,
will provide solid evidence that the Chadian
president is largely behind the Boko Haram
lightning insurgency in Nigeria’s northwest.
Mr. Derby recently swindled the Nigerian
government out of millions of dollars in Nigeria's
failed attempt to negotiate the release of some
200 high school girls abducted by Boko Haram
from Chibok town last April.
On September 8th President Goodluck Jonathan
made a dramatic visit to N’djamena to meet with
Idris Derby, Mr. Jonathan was accompanied on
the trip by the former Governor of Borno State,
Ali Modu Sherrif.
The visit was condemned by opposition figures
and civil society groups in Nigeria as they see it
as an open embrace of individuals funding Boko
Haram militants.
An Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis had
accused Mr. Sheriff and former Chief of Army
Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika of actively funding Boko
Haram.
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