Also at a recent meeting in parliament, led by Henry Jackson Society and chaired by an MP, John Glen, who is a close adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron, similar allegations were raised that key APC members are supporters and financiers of Boko Haram “for ideological and political means”.
The UK is now showing more than a passing interest in the Boko Haram threat after the kidnap of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, in April.
Hague, at an international summit on rape in warzones held in London in June, reaffirmed the UK’s “strong and united commitment to defeat Boko Haram [and] to end the scourge of terrorism in Nigeria”.
President Goodluck Jonathan recently launched the Safe School Initiative with the support of the British government.
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Although Jonathan has not directly accused APC of having links with Boko Haram, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to which he belongs has constantly tied the opposition to the insurgents.
Recently, an APC member, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, defected to the PDP, accusing some top members of the opposition party of having sympathy for Boko Haram.
APC has consistently denied these allegations and accused the presidency and PDP of playing politics with national security.
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