Bureau De Change Operators (BDC) who were arrested in March, 2021 for allegedly financing Boko Haram terrorists would be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on September 17.
They were arrested by the Department of Security Services (DSS) for sponsoring the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.
They will appear before the Federal High Court 4 sitting in Abuja for facilitating funds transfer to Boko Haram terrorists.
The terrorists have been fighting the State in the last twelve years with thousands of people killed and millions displaced.
Buhari government revealed that some elements were transferring money from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the BDC operators before converting to local currency for the terrorists.
Earlier, the case was to come up on
the 18th of August, but couldn’t as the secret Police failed to produce the suspects who were held in their facility for six months now in Court.
Again on September 2, the Court could not sit due to the absence of the Judge even as the legal Counsel to the suspects insisted on appearance of his clients.
The source noted, “The association of bureau de change operators hired a barrister for their members. They went for a court sitting and the barrister wanted the DSS to bring his clients for the next sitting.
“The judge asked the DSS to bring the clients. But even during the second court sitting, the operators were absent. The DSS asked the judge to give them extra days but he said no that they already had enough time to carry out an investigation.
