How I was Punished,for Arresting Boko Haram sponsors, operatives- Gen Keffi
Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi has revealed that he was punished by the Nigerian authorities after his team captured the real leader of Boko Har am and arrested terrorism financiers.
“There was an operation which I led, the operation servicewide — the counterterrorism — to arrest those terrorism financiers,” he said.
“I was the commander of that. I reported straight to the dist ance.”
Ali-Keffi explained that the mission successfully exposed the real leader of Boko Haram.
“As a matter of fact, the leader of Boko Haram… the real leader, we captured. And incidentally or ironically, he’s not even a Nigerian. But he claimed he’s been in Nigeria for some ti me. But he’s not a Nigerian,” he said.
However, instead of being commended, Ali-Keffi said he was punished.
“Then, in September, October, thereabout… I was invited for interview at the military police headquarters. I turned up there on the 18th and I was arrested myself and detained in the cell.
”When asked why he was arrested, he replied: “I don’t know… when I reported there, the interrogators said… I was removed as a General Officer Commanding on the 8th of August 2021. I handed over on the 10th… and 21 days later I was arrested.”
He said he informed the presidency after his removal.
“When I was removed, I reported straight to the presidency… and they said, ‘Do not report, that they were going to address it.’”
Ali-Keffi said the operation had captured key figures. “We picked those people… including the leader of the BAR, including five of the key guys… I was invited… and I was arrested. So, I didn’t know it w as a set up.”
