NATIONAL: Foreigners sponsoring Boko Haram to destabilise Nigeria — Army

THE Nigerian Army has blamed some international paymasters for sponsoring Book Haram terrorists attack in Nigeria.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, stated that the international community as a whole takes delight in what is happening in Nigeria because it helps to “cut Nigeria to size”.

Musa stated this in an article published on social media on Wednesday.

The article is a reaction to the killing of over 43 farmers and abduction of 10 women by the militants in Zabarmari, Borno State, on Saturday.

Musa stressed that without the treacherous international support for Boko Haram, the dreaded sect would have been decimated years ago.

The army spokesman said, “The recent killing of our people on a rice farm in Borno State was unexpected, inhuman, cowardly, dastardly and sadistic cruelty by the Boko Haram terrorists.

“There is no normal human being that will take pleasure in such inhuman massacre of defenceless and armless civilians, working on their farms; but that is the nature of terrorism and those who sponsor it.

“There is an international conspiracy to cut Nigeria to size and compromise national renegades making attempts to destabilise and dismember Nigeria if possible, in subservience to the international paymasters, who are the owners of Boko Haram. They train them, arm them, finance them and supply their logistics.”