Sometime in May, over 400 people were arrested after a nationwide crackdown on financial sponsors of a terrorist group (Boko Haram) in Nigeria.
After the operation was approved by the President in 2020, the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice Abubakar Malami disclosed that the Nigerian government embarked on a far-reaching and wider investigation into terrorism after the conviction of six (6) Nigerian Boko Haram finances in the United Arab Emirates.
He future disclosed that his office reviewed over a thousand case files and the suspects were profiled for prosecution.
As of then, Malami promised that no stone shall be left unturned as his office would aggressively pursue those who were involved in the terrorism of the federation. After this development, the Boko Haram terrorist group hoisted their flag in Niger state in the following month (April).
These flags were hoisted in two different local governments namely, Shiroro and Kaure. The 400 Boko haram sponsors who were arrested include operators of bureau de change and they were arrested in places like Kano, Abuja, Adamawa, Sokoto, Borno, Zamfara, and Kaduna. Reports show that as of May, the prosecutions had been scheduled to commence as quickly as possible.
The arrest of these 400 sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorist group was made jointly by the Defence Intelligence Agency in collaboration with the Department of State Services, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Others on the list of the Boko Haram sponsors were businessmen who were gold miners and sellers. Some traders at the foreign exchange market were also picked up. The list of these 400 sponsors was never fully realized to the public as the operation bordered on national security and the federal government was being discreet and careful.
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