The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser(NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Director General, Nigeria Intelligence Agency; Director General, Department of State Services (DSS) as well as the Director General Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) over the recent allegations that the United States Agency for International Development(USAID) has been sponsoring terrorist organisations including Boko Haram.
The heads of these security and intelligence agencies are expected to brief the Senate in a closed session on the veracity or otherwise of the allegations, particularly when Boko Haram has been terrorising Nigeria for nearly two decades. No date has been fixed for the interaction.
The summon came on the heels of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Sen Mohammed Ali Ndume( APC/Borno South)/and others and presented during Wednesday’s plenary.
It would be recalled that Sen Scott Perry of the United States Congress, recently made the weighty allegations against the USAID.
Consequently, President Donald Trump has placed a suspension on the activities of USAID for 90 days.
Trump has also directed the US Mission in Nigeria to conduct an audit on the funds USAID in Nigeria received in the past and find out if such funds were deployed judiciously and for the purposes they were meant.
