The Attorney-General of the federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) says those financing terrorism in Nigeria have been Identified.
He said this while speaking to journalists and reporters outside on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Abubakar noted that those involve will be prosecuted but he didn’t state clearly the names of the identified persons.
He said, “We have acquired and obtained legitimate court orders, taking into consideration the facts and material proof of evidence presented before the court on account of which the court eventually exercises its discretion in terms of granting orders that we can have the suspects in custody pending the conclusion of the investigation.”
He said that as far as financing terrorism is concerned, “we have succeeded, one, in identifying those that are responsible for funding, Two, blocking the leakages associated with the funding, and then, three, embarking on an aggressive investigation that is indeed impacting positively in terms of the fight against terrorism.”
He further disclosed that, “One thing I can tell you for sure is that whatever we do, in terms of detention and arrest, is indeed backed by judicial processes.”