Senate To Buhari: Prosecute Boko Haram Sponsors

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute the sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

The Senate Committee on Army made the call at a press conference on Wednesday.

Naija News reports that this was shortly after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, led other generals to defend the 2021 budget of the Army, behind closed doors

Chairman of the committee Senator Ali Ndume, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said Buhari should emulate the leadership of the United Arab Emirates which recently prosecuted and jailed some identified sponsors of the deadly sect.

Recall that six Nigerians including a federal government official were found guilty by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the UAE for allegedly providing money to the Boko Haram.

The suspects were accused of facilitating cash transactions to the Boko Haram group to the tune of $782,000 between 2015 and 2016.

They had first been found guilty by a lower court in the UAE, prompting them to file an appeal and have now been found guilty by a higher court as well.

The suspects have been identified as Surajo Abubakar Muhammad, Saleh Yusuf Adamu, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa.

According to reports, two of the convicts, Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu were sentenced to life imprisonment while the remaining four got ten-year imprisonment each.

The accused were said to have been apprehended between April 16 and 17, 2017, and their homes searched according to the search warrant issued by the National Security Prosecution office dated April 16, 2017.