FG set to try suspected terrorist financiers

There are indications that the Federal Government may have concluded arrangements to drag some suspected terrorist financiers to court.

The case is expected to come up before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday this week.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had in May announced the arrest of about four hundred people for alleged terrorism financing.

This was further confirmed in a statement from the Presidency that some Bureau de Change operators had been arrested for allegedly helping to transfer money to Boko Haram terrorists.

This latest development comes after the United Arab Emirates added six Nigerians among thirty-eight individuals and fifteen groups on its terror watch list.

They are Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.

All six Nigerians were convicted last year by a court in Abu Dhabi for terrorism financing through foreign exchange transactions, also known as Bureau de Change.

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