Claims that terrorist group, Boko Haram has been sourcing its arms from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS have been debunked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the second Regional Security Summit in Abuja, Buhari disclosed that Boko Haram got most of its sophisticated arms from the military and police bases it raided at the peak of its activities in the affected countries, mainly Nigeria.
“The type of weapons they are using, I believe were the ones taken from military bases they attacked at the peak of the insurgency especially in Nigeria.
“If you recall they attacked military bases and carted away weapons, they attacked police stations and broke into their armouries, that was how they got the kind of weapons they have been using to fight.
“Frankly, up till now we don’t have firm intelligence of what IS has been able to send to Boko Haram in terms of weapons or even money.
“But the fact that they said they are affiliated to IS has made many people to believe that they were getting weapons from ISIS,’’ he said.
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