Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has hailed the conviction of six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates for financing the Boko Haram sect.
An Abu Dhabi appeal court had upheld conviction of some Nigerians for allegedly supplying almost N300m to fund Boko Haram.
The convicts, according to the court, allegedly used bureau de change operations to send $782,000 to Boko Haram in 17 separate transfers from Dubai to Nigeria between 2015 and 2016.
Zulum, in a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, asked the Federal Government to follow-up on the discovery.
Parts of the statement read, “Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is glad that for the first time in 11 years, there appears to be headway on tracking some alleged financiers of Boko Haram’s activities which has left thousands of citizens killed, millions displaced and private property and public institutions worth $9bn destroyed in Borno, and other parts of the North-East and Nigeria at large.”
Zulum urged the Federal Government to set up a multi-stakeholder team, including security agencies, to work with the UAE Government to look into the issues concerning the conviction of the Nigerians.
“More importantly, the government should follow-up on the findings by the UAE with the hope of using the intelligence, if authenticated, to expand search on other Boko Haram sponsors that may be helping in similar ways,” he added.
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