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Terrorism Financing: Sheikh Gumi Says Security Agencies Have No Right To Declare Anyone Terror Financier

Controversial Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that none of Nigeria’s security agencies has any right to declare any Nigerian a terror financier. 

Sheikh Gumi, who spoke following the declaration of one of his associates, Tukur Mamu and 14 others, as terror financiers by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), warned against media trial of his associate.

Gumi said if Mamu is found guilty by the court, he should face the music but not being labelled and profiled with any conviction.

The NFIU had said that Mamu “participated in the financing of terrorism by receiving and delivering ransome payments over the sum of $200,000 US in support of ISWAP terrorists for the release of hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.”

Reacting to the list, Gumi said:  “Mamu’s case is in the court. Let’s wait to hear from the court. It’s wrong to resort to media trial. Let’s wait for the court to state of he is a financier or not. I think if he is acquitted, he has a strong case to make on libel.

“Who declares someone a terrorist financer? Is it the court of law or a security agency? Security agency has no right to declare anyone a terrorist financer. The case is already in court, so why are they judging him on the pages of the newspaper? Once a case is in court, you allow the court to decide.

“I am a public figure; many people come to me. The good, the bad, the ugly. As a preacher, I cannot send anybody away, no matter how bad. If you ask, especially pastors, armed robbers come to them and confess but they cannot still take them to the authorities.

“What I know of Mamu and his arrest is a misunderstanding between him and the committee that was supposed to deal with the release of some victims. But since the case is in court, we hope the court will be just to him. 

“That is what we wanted all along; take him to court. Instead of incarcerating someone and leveling phantom allegations against him. Bring your proofs, And if Mamu is found guilty, he should have full fledged punishment. But as of what I know, let’s wait for the court.”

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