No suspected Boko Haram sponsor released, says Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has denied releasing any suspected Boko Haram sponsor.

According to him, the report of the alleged release of 300 suspects is a ” misrepresentation of facts relating to the ongoing investigation of terrorism financing suspects in Nigeria”.

This was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Umar Gwandu, on Friday.

The statement was titled, ‘No Suspects of Boko Haram Financiers Released, your allegation spurious – Malami’.

It read, “The report of the alleged release of 300 suspects by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice is a malicious misrepresentation of facts relating to the ongoing investigation of terrorism financing suspects in Nigeria.

“It is important to reiterate at this point that the fight against the menace of terrorism is an ongoing operation characterized by intelligence gathering, arrest, investigation, and prosecution.

“The contradictions in the story can best be understood from the point of the analysis of the affidavit that was said to have been procured by the online platform as deposed before a court in relation to the subject matter.

“By their own showing, the Office of the Attorney General has deposed to an affidavit on account of which an order of a Court was obtained, seeking for the continued detention of those financiers that were alleged to have been in custody.

“This, by implication, established that the matter is effectively submitted to the jurisdiction of the court.

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