Why I Won’t Reveal Sponsors Of Boko Haram, Terrorism — EFCC Chairman, Bawa

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stated that he is unable to publicly reveal the names of those who fund Boko Haram terrorists and other rebels in Nigeria.

On Thursday evening, the EFCC chairman made the statement on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

The authorities of the United Arab Emirates named six Nigerians among those sponsoring terrorism earlier this week.

Bawa, however, said he would not address a critical national security topic on national television in response to a question about it.

“If you are my adviser, will you advise me to come on national television to tell the whole world regarding matters of sensitive national security issue?” Bawa asked.

“Certainly, not. But what I want to assure you we are working tirelessly with other sister agencies to ensure that this country is free of terrorism.”

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has promised many times to publish the names of people sponsoring terrorism in the country, but has failed to do so.

Also in Nigeria, about 400 Bureaux de Change operators are standing trial for allegedly supporting terrorists but the government has also not made the details available to Nigerians.

Bawa, who collapsed while speaking at an event organised by National Identity Management Commission at the Presidential Villa earlier on Thursday, said he had since returned to work after seeing his doctor.

He said apart from being dehydrated, he was fine.