{"id":151448,"date":"2025-02-19T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/alleged-usaid-funding-of-terrorism-senate-summons-intelligence-chiefs-for-investigation"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:21:47","slug":"alleged-usaid-funding-of-terrorism-senate-summons-intelligence-chiefs-for-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/alleged-usaid-funding-of-terrorism-senate-summons-intelligence-chiefs-for-investigation","title":{"rendered":"Alleged USAID funding of terrorism: Senate summons Intelligence Chiefs for investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Senate reacting to the alleged funding of terrorism in Nigeria by the United States Agency for International Development USAID, Wednesday summoned Security Intelligence Chiefs for investigation and veracity of the allegation by Perry Scott of the United States parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution followed an Order of Urgent National Security through Order 41 by Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ali Ndume.<\/p>\n<p>Ndume urged the Senate to consider the revelation as too weighty to gloss over, given the devastation that terrorists have done to the country, particularly the Boko Haram fighters, stressing that the investigation would put paid to speculations on how the non-state actors have been surviving over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The heads of security intelligence agencies summoned by the Senate are, National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Directorate of Intelligence Agency, DIA, Department of State Services, DSS, and the National Security Adviser, NIA.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President, Godswill in sustaining the resolution remarked that security issues should not be discussed in the market, noting that the head of security intelligence will offer the Senate better perspective in a close door meeting with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Senate reacting to the alleged funding of terrorism in Nigeria by the United States Agency for International Development USAID, Wednesday summoned Security Intelligence Chiefs for investigation and veracity of the allegation by Perry Scott of the United States parliament. 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