The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that he cannot publicly mention those financing Boko Haram and other terrorism acts in Nigeria, and that Nigerians will know the identities of the financiers at the right time.
Bawa said this when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ current affairs programme on Thursday.
He said, “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?
“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.”
Recall that earlier on Thursday, Bawa collapsed during an official function at the Aso Rock.
Earlier in the week, authorities of the United Arab Emirates listed six Nigerians among those funding terrorism.
When asked about those funding terrorism in Nigeria, Bawa said he cannot discuss a sensitive national security issue on national television.
The Nigerian government has failed to keep to its promise of publishing names of those financing terrorism in the country.
