DAILY INDEPENDENT investigation that covered Nigeria, Switzerland, Chad, Niger and Cameroon has conclusively shown that Nigerian officials and Swiss agents involved in the clandestine talks to free the girls who were abducted from Borno State by the Boko Haram insurgents have turned the negotiations into an illicit goldmine of sort.

Remarkably, this offshore and on-shore investigations have rubbished claim by federal authorities that no ransom was paid to secure freedom for the two batches of the 276 abducted Chibok girls already released by Boko Haram as it has been proved that millions of dollars were actually paid to secure their release.

MEDICAL CONSULTANTS REVEALED HOW MEN CAN NATURALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURE POOR ERECTION, SMALL AND SHAMEFUL MANHOOD, AND INFERTILITY ISSUES WITHOUT SIDE EFFECTS. STOP THE USE OF HARD DRUG FOR SEX! IT KILLS!!!..

Most of all, DAILY INDEPENDENT sources uncovered the face behind the mask in the negotiations. He is Swiss Foreign Service agent, Pascal Holliger. But he is not alone as he has been working closely with some Nigerians and other foreigners in a labyrinthine way that reaches to other countries and involves various organisations. To give them an absolute cover of decency, the negotiations have been spearheaded by the Swiss government, ostensibly on humanitarian grounds.

Yet, as the whole process had been enmeshed in secrecy Red Cross, the only visible entity, has always insisted that its role was limited to mediation and confidence building “as a neutral intermediary and not involved in the negotiation” between the parties.

A thorough professional, Holliger graduated from the Institute of International Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland, under the tutelage of Jean Pierre Gontard, the renowned Swiss mediator with FARC (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia). As a staff of the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Human Security Division, Holliger’s intelligence journey started with his deployment in South Africa, where he established his two NGOs, IMBEWU and Latitudes, that are ostensibly engaged in humanitarian works; the first provides education to disadvantaged children while the second helps them become professionals.

But as Nigeria’s North East region gained international notoriety and significance on the global intelligence chessboard, Holliger was deployed to Nigeria as a political officer.

There is also an unsubstantiated claim that Holliger’s lobby in the country coincided with pressure on former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 to negotiate the release of the school girls from their captors.

Breaking News!!!! Nigeria workers can now get paid in US Dollars, click here to find out more

 Indeed, ransom payment to terrorists by governments all over the world have remained a recurring allegation, governments have officially denied such payment. The Nigerian government has been no different; it has always denied the payment of ransom to insurgent groups toward securing release of high profile captives like the Chibok girls, the reality is entirely a different proposition.

As a matter of fact since the abduction of the 276 Chibok girls from their school dormitories by Boko Haram in 2014, the saga has become a goldmine for different state and non-state actors with different motives, all looking for roles in the rescue of the girls.

Recall that President Goodluck Jonathan, under intense international pressure in the fall of 2014 sought the assistance of Chadian President Idris Derby to secure release of the abducted girls.

Armed with a war chest of $2 million, his Special Emissary, Ambassador Hassan Tukur,