FG SETS TO ARRAIGN 400 SUSPECTS FOR ALLEGEDLY FUNDING BOKO HARAM AND BANDITRY IN THE COUNTRY
The Federal Government is set to arraign 400 suspects for allegedly funding Boko Haram and banditry in the country.
The suspects were arrested in Kano, Borno, Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Zamfara, in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
It was learnt that the operation was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020.
A list of 957 suspects comprising bureau de change (BDC) operators, gold miners and sellers, and other business persons are still being investigated
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, the 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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