BY QUADRI SALIU
Mr Femi Falana, SAN has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to without further delay prosecute the 400 sponsors of terrorism arrested by the federal government some months ago.
Falana, in a Freedom of Information, FOI request dated August 3, 2021, and forwarded to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, demanded information on the charges which ought to have been filed against the arrested terrorism sponsors.
He said: “On May 4 2021, it was widely reported widely by the media that the Federal Government had concluded arrangement to prosecute about 400 alleged sponsors and financiers of terrorism in Nigeria.
”In view of the attacks being unleashed on law-abiding citizens by groups of insurgents in several parts of the country, we strongly commend the move by the Federal Government to prosecute the suspects who were reported to have been arrested nationwide operation a few months ago.
“We, however, request that our law firm be furnished with information with respect to when criminal charges were filed against the suspects since the strike by JUSUN has since been called off.
