When Will You Name Boko Haram and Terrorist Financiers in Public? Peter Obi asks the government of Buhari

Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate for the Labour Party, has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on who is funding terrorism in the nation.
As previously reported by Track News, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year made public the identities of six Nigerian citizens who were accused of funding Boko Haram and other illegal actions in the nation.

Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammad Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad were among the Nigerians named on the UAE’s watch list.
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Obi claimed that in order to ensure that there were no “sacred cows” in the nationwide fight against terrorism, anti-corruption, and economic sabotage, it was critical to call the financiers of terrorists to account.

The LP presidential contender stated in a tweet sent on Wednesday via his verified Twitter account that the federal government has to step up.

The news report linking “highly placed” Nigerians to oil theft hit and fascinated me, according to Obi, who also reacted on the report of oil theft in Nigeria. Boko Haram and insurgency financing both have a similar history. When will FGN muster the political resolve to formally identify these individuals?

No sacred cows should exist in the interest of the nation, according to PO.

FG Locates 96 Financers of ISWAP and Boko Haram
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) discovered 96 terrorist financiers in the nation, according to information released by the President Buhari-led administration in early February 2022.

The alleged individuals were convicted guilty, the government claims, of aiding the notorious Boko Haram terrorists and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, reportedly informed people of the development.

The minister who appeared at a briefing on President Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign claimed that the NFIU had revealed the identities of 424 associates and supporters of the financiers of 123 businesses and 33 bureaux de change linked to terrorism.

Mohammed added that the agency has located 26 alleged kidnappers and bandits as well as seven other accomplices.
45 of the suspects, according to the authorities, will shortly go on trial.

In addition to identifying 26 suspected bandits/kidnappers and seven co-conspirators, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) analysis conducted in 2020–2021 revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria, 424 associates and supporters of the financiers, involvement of about 123 companies, and 33 bureaux de change.

Mohammed went on to say that investigation led to the arrest of 45 people, who will shortly face charges and have their assets seized.

Additionally, the NFIU has determined that N3,909,707,678,112.43 in VAT and N3,737,918,335,785.82 in Withholding Tax are owed to the government as a result of its investigation of tax evasion and tax avoidance linked to corruption.

The announcement also stated that 27 domestic agencies had received 1,165 intelligence reports on cases of corruption, money laundering, and other major offenses for investigation, prosecution, and asset recovery.