Lai: Boko Haram is funded from proceeds of Corruption

Lai Mohammed has alleged that beneficiaries of corruption 'who did not want the nation to be at peace' were behind the funding of the Boko Haram. The Minister of Information and Culture said that the Insurgency is being funded from 'proceeds of corruption'.

Speaking to the various broadcast organizations, he said that the media should be patriotic, saying they 'cannot afford to be neutral at this time.' He said the Nation is presently at war and that the press should take the country’s side. He said ‘the war against terror is our war, not the military’s war.'

Lai disclosed this at a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja yesterday, during his visit to enlist support for the new attitudinal change programme was tagged ''Change Begins With Me''