UAE convicts 6 Nigerians for wiring $782,000 to Boko Haram, FG official involved | READ DETAILS
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Nov 09, 2020
An Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has convicted six Nigerians over alleged funding of Boko Haram.
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The conviction was upheld by the appellate court after they lost an earlier appeal at a lower court.
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Daily Trust reported on Monday that Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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The rest, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa, got ten-year imprisonment each.
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Court documents show that between 2015 and 2016, the convicts were allegedly involved in cash transfers totalling $782,000.00 to Boko Haram.
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The act was contrary to Article 29, Clause 3 of UAE's Federal Anti-Terrorism Law No 7 of 2017.
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National Security Bureau said investigation of the Nigerians "confirmed their involvement and membership of the Boko HaramÔÇØ.
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They were arrested 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.
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Abubakar and Adamu were charged for joining Boko Haram knowingly.
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This negates Article 22/2 of UAE's Federal Anti-Terrorism Law No 7 of 2017 punishable by death or life imprisonment.
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Alhassan, Musa, Yusuf and Isa were charged with assisting the sect knowingly.
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"Alhaji Sa'iduÔÇØ.
The other "Alhaji AshiruÔÇØ was described as "a Nigerian government officialÔÇØ.
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He also reportedly funnelled misappropriated public funds to terrorists.
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Sa'idu's modus operandi is using unidentified Arab persons on a visit to Dubai from Turkey to hand over US Dollars to one of the convicts, who then remit Naira equivalent to the agent.
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Families of the convicts say they were "framed upÔÇØ, insisting their bureau de change business in the UAE was legitimate.
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