{"id":79419,"date":"2021-03-31T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79419"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:55:20","slug":"presidency-accuses-nigerians-in-uae-of-funding-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/presidency-accuses-nigerians-in-uae-of-funding-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency Accuses Nigerians in UAE of Funding Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Presidency has stated that its investigation revealed that some Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates were transferring money to the Boko Haram terrorists and financing their criminal activities in the country.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency added that Bureau de Change operators are also in the chain of sending money to terrorists as they were the domestic agents.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, stated this while appearing on Channels Television, adding that some Nigerians had already been arrested in connection with the financing of Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu said investigation was ongoing and the details would be shocking to Nigerians when they were made public to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt is shocking to any Nigerian that places of worship and farmland are places where killers of policemen and security officials are being harboured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new service chiefs are working with the IG (Inspector-General of Police) and heads of intelligence agencies and there is a clear lead. A lot of people have been arrested in terms of their financing (of terrorism).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a number of people who are currently under arrest. Bureau de Change are facilitating money to terrorists. We have already concluded with the UAE on Nigerians who are transferring money to Boko Haram terrorists and this also happens domestically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I tell you that by the time we conclude this investigation, the shocking details will surprise many Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has stated that its investigation revealed that some Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates were transferring money to the Boko Haram terrorists and financing their criminal activities in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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