Nigerians Will Know Terrorism Financiers At The Right Time – EFCC Boss Bawa

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has on Thursday, revealed that soon enough at the right time Nigerians will know the identities of the financiers of terrorism in the country. EFCC Boss Bawa at Launch of Eagle Eye App

The EFCC boss, who was a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, also spoke about his health, after his collapse during an official function at the Aso Rock Villa earlier on Thursday, he confirmed that he was “okay”. He also said he had seen his doctor and “everything about me is okay, except for the fact that I’m a bit dehydrated and I need to take a lot of water”.
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On Monday, the United Arab Emirates named and prosecuted six Nigerians and 32 others for allegedly financing terrorism.

Nigerians on the UAE’s terrorism list include Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.
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The Nigerians were said to have transferred up to $800,000 in favour of Boko Haram between 2015 and 2016. The six persons were said to have been tried and sentenced to at least 10 years in jail in the UAE.

EFCC Chair Abdulrasheed BawaAlso in March 2021, presidential aide, Garba Shehu, had said the Nigerian Government arrested 400 Bureau De Change operators for allegedly funding Boko Haram insurgency in the country. He had said the Nigerians were transferring money to the sect from the United Arab Emirates.

Asked specifically on the television programme on Thursday to reveal the people financing terror and unleashing mayhem on Nigerians in the last 12 years, the EFCC chairman replied to the interviewer, “If you are my adviser, will you advise me to come on national television to tell the whole world regarding matters of sensitive national security issue? Certainly, not. But what I want to assure is the fact that we are working tirelessly with other sister agencies to ensure that this country is free of terrorism.”

When further asked whether it was appropriate for the government to conceal the identities of terror financiers whose activities have led to the killing of thousands of innocent lives, Bawa said, “Of course, transparency is one of the bedrock(s) of this administration, of course, I am not a spokesman for this administration, but I believe that at the right time Nigerians will get to know those that are financing terrorism in this country and beyond as well.EFCC

“These are issues that are beyond the borders of this country and of course we are working tirelessly with our partners overseas as well as other sister agencies at home. We are working, it is not something we should come out to say that these are the modus operandi that we are adopting.”

Terrorism financing has become a concerning issue in Nigeria in the last few years as some unnamed politicians have been fingered of complicity with the marauders.

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