Nigeria Refuses To Name Terrorism Financiers

By Akinwale Kasali

After so much boasts, the Nigerian Government has shied away from naming alleged financiers of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. It says it would neither name them nor shame them.

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity,  disclosed that the Federal government was not interested in naming or shaming financiers of terrorism in the country.

Adesina made this disclosure while reacting to a list of terrorism financiers sent to Nigeria by the United Arab Emirates.

The UAE had named and prosecuted six Nigerians and 32 others for allegedly financing terrorism.

However, Adesina said the Buhari Government is only interested in bringing the suspects to justice.

Adesina: “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.

“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.”

Adesina’s comments came days after EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said that Nigerians would know the identities of terrorism financiers in the country at the right time.