{"id":92785,"date":"2025-01-23T09:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92785"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:35:49","slug":"how-securing-conviction-of-100-terrorism-financiers-is-incapacitating-menace-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92785","title":{"rendered":"How securing conviction of 100 terrorism financiers is incapacitating menace – Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has secured the conviction of over 100 terrorist financiers within the last two years, President BolaTinubu has disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the opening ceremony of the National Anti-Money Laundering, Combating Terrorism Financing and Counter Proliferation Financing, AML\/CFT\/CPF, Compliance Summit, the president said the success was recorded through the collaborative efforts of the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF.<\/span><\/p>\n

His words through Secretary to the Governmentof the Federation,\u00a0 Mr George Akume: \u201cWe have made progress to tackle the threats of terrorism and other violent crimes through the gallant action of our frontline troops and our security agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, in line with the National Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategy, we have also enhanced our abilities to identify and pursue those individuals that finance these violent acts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the efforts of the office of the National Security Adviser and the Attorney-General of the Federation, we have prosecuted and convicted over 100 terrorist financiers in the last two years,\u201d Mr Akume noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The government\u2019s efforts in taking away funds, resources and materials support from Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents has incapacitated them, <\/span>he added<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, which organised the summit,, Hafsat Bakari, urged stakeholders to collaborate with the agency to succeed in mitigating risks and safeguarding Nigeria\u2019s financial system.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to her, the fight against financial crimes is not one that any single entity can win alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt requires the collective strength and commitment of our political leaders, regulators, financial institutions, law enforcement and security agencies, and international partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCollaboration must be at the heart of our approach if we are to succeed in mitigating risks and safeguarding our financial system,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

While lamenting the 2019 Mutual Evaluation Report conducted by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa, GIABA, which brought to light areas where Nigeria needed to strengthen its AML\/CFT\/CPF regimes, she regretted that the country was placed on grey list due to the deficiencies identified.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of the deficiencies identified, Nigeria was placed under enhanced monitoring by the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) process otherwise known as the so-called Grey List, an outcome that has amplified both the urgency and importance of our collective response.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe NFIU, in collaboration with our partners, has worked tirelessly to address these findings and implement far-reaching reforms,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Federal Government has secured the conviction of over 100 terrorist financiers within the last two years, President BolaTinubu has disclosed. At the opening ceremony of the National Anti-Money Laundering, Combating Terrorism Financing and Counter Proliferation Financing, AML\/CFT\/CPF, Compliance Summit, the president said the success was recorded through the collaborative efforts of the Office of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5807,7],"tags":[767,6959,56],"class_list":["post-92785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-crime-and-violence","category-news","tag-conviction","tag-financiers","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}