Professor Sadeeque Abba, an international relations expert at the University of Abuja, has claimed that there is scientific evidence proving that Boko Haram received $40 million in funding.
Speaking during an interview on Trust TV’s Sunday Politics, Abba stated that credible investigations — including those involving members of the U.S. Congress — have traced financial flows that sustained the terrorist group’s activities over the past two decades.
He explained that these funds, which were systematically channeled, played a major role in maintaining Boko Haram’s insurgency across northern Nigeria. According to him, the financial trail is supported by intelligence assessments and congressional reports in the United States, providing evidence of foreign involvement in Nigeria’s security crisis.
“The $40 million figure is not an allegation; it’s based on scientific investigation,” Abba said, adding that understanding the sources of these funds is crucial to identifying those responsible — both locally and internationally.
He warned that continued external support for extremist groups worsens insecurity, weakens governance, and devastates communities. Without addressing the international financial networks behind Boko Haram, he said, Nigeria’s counterterrorism efforts would remain ineffective.
Abba also pointed to the roles of certain international actors and institutions, including NATO and other foreign governments, in creating conditions that have allowed terrorism to thrive. He called for stronger global accountability measures to stop such funding streams.
The professor urged Nigerian authorities and policymakers to look beyond domestic factors and examine the international financial and logistical networks sustaining the insurgency.
He concluded that the confirmed $40 million evidence should guide both national security reforms and diplomatic actions, stressing that failure to address external funding sources would only perpetuate the cycle of violence in Nigeria.
