SIX NIGERIANS CONVICTED IN THE UAE FOR FUNDING BOKO HARAM
Six Nigerians have been convicted by a Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for allegedly funding Boko Haram, Daily Trust reports.
The convicts are identified as; Surajo Abubakar Muhammad, Saleh Yusuf Adamu, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa.
Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu were charged for joining the Boko Haram group in Nigeria, a crime punishable under Article 22/2 of the Federal Law No 7 of 2017, and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The other four convicts; Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa, were charged for aiding the terrorist group, a crime punishable under Article 31, Clause 1 of the same law, and were handed a ten-year imprisonment respectively.
The convicts, who were tried in 2019, were said to have transferred $782,000 in favor of Boko Haram between 2015 and 2016.
It was learnt that they were apprehended on April 17, 2017, and had their homes searched according to the warrant issued by the National Security Prosecution office dated April 16, 2017.
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It was reported that the transactions which landed the six convicts in Jail were initiated by two undercover Boko Haram agents who are based in Nigeria.
One of the undercover agents, Alhaji Sa’idu, is said to be responsible for facilitating the group’s access to funds from its sponsors.
Similarly, a certain Alhaji Ashiru, who is said to be a ‘Nigerian Government official’, is said to be embroiled in the transfer of funds to the terrorist group.
“I think Alhaji Sa’idu is just Nom de guerre who used the gullibility of the victims to achieve his aim. They were into bureau de change business, receiving and sending monies on behalf of others.
“From what I understand, they have been doing the business for long and along the line, they fell into a trap. I am not siding with them or trying to indict them but generally, there is ignorance on their side,” a source said.
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