The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has revealed that the Boko Haram sponsors exposed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been identified and detained.
Malami said this while briefing journalists in New York.
The AGF stated that Federal Government had already apprehended and detained the “high profile individuals” responsible for funding terrorists’ activities in the country.
Malami reiterated the resolve of the Buhari administration towards bringing an end to insurgency in Nigeria.
“We have succeeded in identifying those that are responsible for funding terrorists”, he said.
“We have blocked the leakages associated with funding and embarking on aggressive investigation that is indeed impacting positively in term of the fight against terrorism.
“Investigation is ongoing and for the purpose of investigation, I wouldn’t like to be pre-emptive in terms of making disclosures that would have the effect of undermining the successes we are recording.
“One thing I can tell you for sure is that whatever we do in terms of detention and in terms of arrest is indeed backed by judicial process.
“We have indeed obtained a legitimate court order taking into consideration what we have presented before the court; the court eventually exercised its discretion in terms of granting orders that we can have them in custody,” he said.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been heavily criticized for failing to publicize the names of Boko Haram financiers after it was disclosed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
