Monday, November 24, 2014

Is The Government Of Chad Secretly Backing Boko Haram?


Chad Suspected Of Funding Boko Haram -- Naij, com

Nigeria’s neighbour, Chad, may be the major backer of Boko Haram with eyes on the oil deposits in the Chad Basin, Borno state. The Cable reports.

There are indications that there are hydrocarbon deposits in the Chad Basin covering 3,350 square metres, with federal government pumping close to N30bn in the last two years into feasibility studies of the oil potential there.

Countries such as Chad, Niger and Sudan with similar structural settings are already exploring or producing oil on their own soil.

Chad came into focus when the phantom ceasefire deal brokered in October by its President, Idriss Déby, alerted the security agencies to a possible involvement of the West African country in the insurgency.

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Update: EXCLUSIVE: Chad ‘Fueling’ Boko Haram Insurgency With Eyes On Borno Oil Deposits -- The Cable

My Comment: This does not help to fuel concerns that Chad is secretly backing Boko Haram .... Chad president’s friend buys 19 missiles for Boko Haram (Nigerian Tribune).

Update #2: If all of these reports are true, it puts into question the U.S. military presence in Chad .... Why The U.S. Presence In Chad.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

More fuel to conspiracy theories... Given the close bilateral defense ties between the US and Chad...

http://scgnews.com/is-the-us-government-funding-boko-haram-bringbackourgirls

Unknown said...

The Dvina is a big missile. It would be hard to miss. the U.S. conducts a lot of surveillance flights over Africa.

I find this hard to believe.

Maybe this guy is giving Boko Haram support. But I do not think it would be missiles of this type.

If any missiles were given you think it would be a manpad not a SAM-2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-75_Dvina