Nicephore Soglo, a former President of Benin Republic, has accused the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar of funding the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group.
YaahooJournalist reports that the former President made this known while speaking at the constitutional term limits summit in Niamey, Niger Republic.
The former President urged Africans to stand united in order to solve their own problems without foreign help.
Soglo said Africa, and West Africa, in particular, must work at solving it is own problems and that it should be able to identify its real friends.
“Boko Haram is funded by our friends from Saudi Arabia and our friends from Qatar. Are we friends or not? Let’s tell ourselves the truth. We have to stand together,” the former president said.
“I’m optimistic we are going to win if we stand together,” Soglo added.
Meanwhile,YaahooJournalist reports that the Boko Haram terrorist group had grown to constitute a major threat to the Western African Region.
Similarly, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), which is an affiliation of the Islamic State in the Middle-East, is a potent threat to the security of the region.
