The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, yesterday disclosed indicting details concerning the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Malami revealed that the financier of Igboho’s activities had been indicted by the government of United Arab Emirates for funding terrorism.
His words, “It will be recalled that Abbal Bako & Sons and its promoter, Abdullahi Umar Usman, are suspects in the ongoing Joint Terrorist Financing Investigation.
“Abdullahi Umar Usman is, by way of financial transaction, connected to Surajo Abubakar Muhammad (who was sentenced to life imprisonment in UAE on charges of financing terrorism (Boko Haram).”
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Malami said the Presidential Ad-hoc Committee set up after the re-arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, had been able to identify Igboho’s sponsors and financiers.
The AGF also said the committee catalogued the alleged atrocities committed by Kanu and his associates in the course of their terrorism activities.
Malami claimed that Kanu took advantage of the 2020 EndSARS protest to destroy property and killed individuals, particularly security personnel.
“Despite the proscription of IPOB by the Federal Government, Nnamdi Kanu continued the subversive campaign, instigating and inciting broadcasts to direct members of the IPOB to launch attacks on government.
“The EndSARS protests of October 2020 played into the sinister plans of Nnamdi Kanu, whereby he seized the protests through subversive and inciting online broadcasts and actively commanded and directed attacks on security personnel and facilities.
“The destructive activities of IPOB/ESN pose serious threat to Nigeria’s National Security and its corporate existence, which resulted into re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu and members of his group,” Malami said.
The AGF added that there was information that Kanu was receiving supports from both within and outside Nigeria.
