The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) invited Kunle Olawunmi, a former Nigerian Navy Commodore, to appear before it.

Mr Olawunmi, a top source quoted by Sahara Reporters said, was summoned to appear before the agency with his international passport for criticising the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in a Wednesday interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

The medium said the anonymous source told it that the travelling document of the intelligence chief will be seized if presented.

Olawunmi had alleged during the interview that Boko Haram sponsors are presently top government officials and Nigeria’s secret police, State Security Service (SSS) are aware.

Confirming the invitation to ICIR, the spokesman of Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, said Mr Olawunmi was only summoned to appear and tender more information on what he knows about sponsors of the terror group.

“Nigerian Armed forces and its agencies could not arrest him, it’s just in a bid to get more information from him about what he said he knows,” Mr Sawyerr said. “It is the military police that carries out arrest, the DIA don’t carry out arrests.

“Somebody from the DIA who is in charge of counter terrorism only called to ask him to come over so we can hear from him, so that he could aid us in the fight against terrorism, but he switched off his phone after the call.

“It is not true that he was asked to bring his international passport to the DIA. If he was asked to bring his international passport, maybe it could be to corroborate the things he said, like his trip to the US.

“The military is like a family. If he has anything that could assist us to further fight insurgency and terrorism, we invited him to come and give us. We respect our senior officer, that is why the chief of army staff (COAS) is going around the country to have a conversation with them (retired military officers),” he added.

Crossroad1:
said Mr Olawunmi was only summoned to appear and tender more information on what he knows about sponsors of the terror group.

Believe this at your own peril

Crossroad1:
said Mr Olawunmi was only summoned to appear and tender more information on what he knows about sponsors of the terror group.



Believe this at your own peril
Gumi
Akintola and Co are still walking free and nothing is being done..
A man in jos said they will never forget and will retaliate and in not less than 4days, 40 people were killed and some burnt to death and that man walks free today.
When it comes to activist and people who says the truth about their government, they have diff and lots of dance steps like python dance
Snake dance but when it comes to boko haram and fulani terrorists, they become mute, deaf and dumb..
People like Gumi and Akintola should be in detention aiding investigation and after that, their body dismembered and sent to each state hanged at the entrance as a deterrence to other terrorists negotiator or terrorists wannabe

FarahAideed:


And they told him to come with sleep over pack and Passport

FarahAideed:
When will you invite Supreme Governor Abu Kaka of Borno Caliphate and the other bandit in Zamfara that shot down NAF jet?

Officialgarri:
I remember in that interview, Olawunmi said he personally interrogated someone who is a government official today.

Olawunmi deliberately avoided telling us his findings or the result of that interrogation.

He simply considered a suspect a sponsor in that iterview.

So fine, since he knows those sponsors and kept the information about such persons since Jonathan's government, then I think he should spend a day in his former office to tell them what they don't know under Bubari's government

However, the military council needs to check tye kind of soldiers they adopt in the intelligence departments.
After Major Al-mustapha, we haven't had a super intelligent Intelligence officer.

Sirjamo:
Oga went on Channels to claim he knows everything, time to explain, he switched off phone.



I guess his sponsors did not pay him to give facts, they just want him to give their foolish supporters something to wail about.

Sirjamo:
Oga went on Channels to claim he knows everything, time to explain, he switched off phone.



I guess his sponsors did not pay him to give facts, they just want him to give their foolish supporters something to wail about.

Sirjamo:
Oga went on Channels to claim he knows everything, time to explain, he switched off phone.



I guess his sponsors did not pay him to give facts, they just want him to give their foolish supporters something to wail about.

PatrickOkunima:


Do you really believe he was paid to grant the interview? This is an officer I know personally. I served under him. If it were not in a command HQ, he would have been my CO. The Commodore Olawunmi I know cannot be swayed with money, because he has plenty of it. I also know him to be an officer who has a lot of respect for himself and others, irrespective of their rank. So how much will you pay him to sell his conscience. Perhaps, some of the things he said were out of proportion, they're not very far from what most Nigerians know to be true.

In case you're not aware, no military men in Nigeria serving or retired is happy with the security situation of the country, and they blame the country's leadership for it. The only exception would be those who support the so called agenda.

It was for the same reason, most soldiers prayed for Goodluck's exit, because they saw him as a weakling. They believed that PMB as a retired general will not tolerate boko boys, only for him to prove us wrong.

If you have friends or relatives in the military, ask them who they think are the sponsors of boko haram and bandits and share their answer with us. Do you know what that does to a soldier psyche? That the same people sending him to war fronts are the sponsors. It doesn't matter here if it's true or not, that is what most soldiers believe.

PatrickOkunima:


You think everyone is like you?

FreeStuffsNG:
If he can go to Channels TV, he should not be scared of going to NIA. I hope he's not have PTSD after leaving the military.
They're not all serious enough and I can only feel for the few patriots standing up to fight. A retired senior military officer is forever a member of the security architecture so can't run forever, how he knows so much yet can't honour this invite does not add up.
May God bless Nigeria. All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las. They always lose.

PatrickOkunima:


Do you really believe he was paid to say the things he said? This is an officer I know personally. I served under him. If it were not in a command HQ, he would have been my CO. The Commodore Olawunmi I know cannot be swayed with money, because he has plenty of it. I also know him to be an officer who has a lot of respect for himself and others, irrespective of their rank. So how much will you pay him to sell his conscience. Perhaps, some of the things he said were out of proportion, they're not very far from the truth.

In case you're not aware, no military men in Nigeria serving or retired is happy with the security situation of the country, and they blame the country's leadership for it. The only exception would be those who support the so called agenda.

It was for the same reason, most soldiers prayed for Goodluck's exit, because they saw him as a weakling. They believed that PMB as a retired general will not tolerate boko boys, only for him to prove us wrong.

Officialgarri:

Served under who? You are such a pathetic liar.

Some of you will just come here under the guise of being anonymous to dish out lies. But to what gain?

And as for commodore, if he can expose unfounded and unconcluded "truths", then as an Intelligence officer, he must be able to back up every of his claims with accurate details —that includes time, location and names

Officialgarri:
I remember in that interview, Olawunmi said he personally interrogated someone who is a government official today.

Olawunmi deliberately avoided telling us his findings or the result of that interrogation.

He simply considered a suspect a sponsor in that iterview.

So fine, since he knows those sponsors and kept the information about such persons since Jonathan's government, then I think he should spend a day in his former office to tell them what they don't know under Bubari's government

However, the military council needs to check tye kind of soldiers they adopt in the intelligence departments.
After Major Al-mustapha, we haven't had a super intelligent Intelligence officer.