By Gabriel Atumeyi
365Daily – The Presidency has explained that it is not interested in exposing the identities of terrorism sponsors in Nigeria because that is not the motive of its fight against insurgency.
According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari is only interested in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Adesina, however, confirmed that the United Arab Emirate has forwarded the names of terrorism sponsors to the Nigerian Government while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Monday, September 20, 2021.
He said: “Naming and shaming would not be the motive, rather bringing malefactors to justice would be it.
“Nigeria is not interested in naming and shaming anybody, rather it wants to bring them to justice.
“The United Arab Emirates has brought some names and the Attorney General of the Federation has responded to that matter, saying that in due course, all these people would have their days in court.
“Rest assured that these people (terror financiers) would be tried before justice and justice would have its way.”
The Presidential Spokesman added that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other related agencies were investigating the allegations against suspected terror funders in the country.
Explaining further, he stated, “You don’t take people before the court without investigation. The EFCC Chairman spoke about it recently.
“Investigations are going on about it differently, at the level of the EFCC, at the level of the National Intelligence Agency, all security agencies would be working at it so that when those people eventually appeared in court, there would be prima facie case against them.”
365Daily recalls that another media aide to the Pesident, Garba Shehu, had disclosed in March 2021 that 400 Bureau De Change operators were arrested over alleged funding of Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
According to him, the suspects were transferring money to the sect from the United Arab Emirates.
Also, the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, assured recently that Nigerians would know the identities of terrorism financiers in the country at the right time.