Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Days after a US Congressman claimed that the USAID funded global terror groups including Boko Haram, the US Embassy in Nigeria has indicated that it probes all assistance given to Nigeria to ensure they reach "intended recipients."

The embassy's post on X was not categorical if it probed all USAID funding in Nigeria, including the one alluded to by the US lawmaker, or if it intends to commence a fresh probe. It, however, condemned the "blatant disregard for human life perpetrated by Boko Haram."

The statement by the US embassy came a few days after US Congressman Scott Perry accused the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of funding global terrorist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda, inclu...