Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has assured Nigerians that sponsors of terrorism in the country, will be charged and prosecuted in a couple of weeks.
The Justice Minister who said this while on a televised interview, stated the citizens will get something tangible to hold on to in a couple weeks regarding terrorism financiers and explained that the prosecution of those involved is a work in progress, one that cannot be categorized as to the time of conclusion.
“You will be happy with what we are doing as a government in a couple of weeks. Perhaps these people will be charged and arraigned before the court of law,” the AGF stated.
“Proof of evidence will have to be developed, and then the prosecution will take place,” he stressed, adding that “there is nothing hidden; as far as prosecution is concerned, it is traditionally a public prosecution, nothing will be hidden both in terms of names, associated facts, and circumstances”.
Malami’s comments on the burning issues come a few days after the Federal Government said it has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism across the country, especially those backing Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this during a press conference on the administration’s fight against corruption, said between 2020 and 2021, about 424 associates and supporters of the financiers were also uncovered by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).
