There are indications that the United States
government will not comment over last week’s
arrest of Mahamat Bichara Gnoti who is a
political associate of President Idriss Déby Itno
of Chad, for allegedly procuring weapons for
members of the Boko Haram Sect.
Mr. Gnoti was reportedly arrested on the
Chadian-Sudan border with 19 SAM2 missiles
he allegedly purchased from the Sudanese
army meant for the Boko Haram terrorist
network in northeastern Nigeria.
The suspect 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.
Independent investigations by our
correspondent showed that the United States
government under President Barrack Obama
is still watching to know the true position of
things before commenting.
Unusually, the
American government has decided to shun
the incident despite that it happened more
than 48 hours ago.
A reliable source within the White House told
our correspondent during a telephone chat
that this ‘unusual’ decision of the United
States was borne out of the recent outburst of
the Chairman of the Chibok community in
Abuja, Tsambido Hosea-Abana, where he
carpeted United States President, Barack
Obama for condemning the recent Boko
Haram attack on the troubled community.
In his outburst, Hosea-Abana who said he
was speaking for the community asked the US
leader to take action as a world leader to save
the situation in the Northeast rather than
condemning it.
According to reports, Hosea-Abana’s comment
were said to have drawn the attention of the
White House last week, and officials decided
to let Nigeria play the lead before the US
follows.
Our source who preferred not to be
mentioned for fears of retribution said that
the outburst was a sign of ungratefulness
from the community to the United States
government despite all that the America had
been able to do to ensure the release of the
female students that were kidnapped by the
insurgents in April, 2014.
She added that such comments from
Nigerians to Mr. Barrack Obama were
uncalled for just as she asked if the US leader
was the one that introduced insurgency to the
northeastern Nigeria.
Asked why the White House has not reacted
to the arrest, the US official clearly hinted
that the American government wanted
Nigeria to be on the lead in everything that
has to do with Boko Haram and the
kidnapped Chibok students.
Her words: “The US may not react to the
incident as you demanded because the hit we
got from the community (Chibok) last week
was uncalled for. How could they say that Mr.
Obama should not raise his voice against the
acts of terrorism or was it the president that
brought insurgents into the area?
Certainly,
we want our Nigerian counterpart to be on
the lead in this matter and then we will
follow.”
However, reactions have been flowing over
the silence of President Obama since
Mahamat Bichara Gnoti was arrested on the
Chadian-Sudan border with 19 SAM2 missiles
he purchased from the Sudanese army meant
for the Boko Haram terrorist network in
north-eastern Nigeria.
Our correspondent gathered during his
investigation that such silence is not
favourable as it means that the United States
government is gradually taking its hands off
the Chibok matter.
Leadership.
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