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FG To Arraign 400 Suspects Arrested For Funding Boko Haram And Bandits

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FG will soon arraign 400 suspects arrested for funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in Nigeria.

 

News Online Nigeria understands that the suspects were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

 

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The alleged Boko Haram sponsors, News Online earlier reported were arrested in Kano, Borno, Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Zamfara.

 

The operation was said to have been approved by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari in 2020.

 

A list of 957 suspects comprising bureau de change (BDC) operators, gold miners and sellers, and other business persons is still being acted upon.

 

Some of the BDC operators arrested include Baba Usaini, Abubakar Yellow (Amfani), Yusuf Ali Yusuf (Babangida), Ibrahim Shani, Auwal Fagge, and Muhammad Lawan Sani, a gold dealer.

 

Umar Gwandu, spokesperson to Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), on Monday, said criminal charges bordering on terrorism were already being prepared against the suspects while investigation continues.

 

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Although the spokesperson declined to give further details, he said the prosecution of the suspects “will commence as quickly as possible”.

 

But all courts across the country have been shut since April 6 owing to the nationwide strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over financial autonomy for the judiciary.

 

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