Daud Olatunji
The Presidency on Sunday declared that Nigerians will soon know the identities of terrorist groups and the powerful financiers bankrolling insecurity across the country.
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made the disclosure during a live interview on Television Continental (TVC), insisting that the Federal Government has taken “far-reaching decisions” that will expose those behind the nation’s terror networks.
Bwala said the Tinubu administration has intensified intelligence operations aimed at dismantling the local and international funding structures sustaining insurgency, banditry and other forms of violent extremism.
“In the coming days, we will know who the terrorists and their financiers are,” he said.
“The government is making far-reaching decisions and Nigerians will begin to see the results soon.”
He explained that terrorism has become a global problem requiring international cooperation, noting that terror cells have gradually shifted from the Middle East to the Sahel region, posing increased threats to West Africa.
“Since the wake of 9/11, terrorism became a global issue. Anywhere terrorism springs up, it becomes the concern of the rest of the world,” Bwala said.
“They were in the Middle East, and gradually they are moving towards the Sahel to create a hub of terrorism. That is why the demand is now on world governments to cooperate with Nigeria.”
Nigeria has battled terrorism for over a decade, with Boko Haram, ISWAP and bandit groups responsible for thousands of deaths, mass abductions and destruction of communities across the North-East, North-West and North-Central.
Successive administrations have vowed to name and prosecute terror financiers, but no comprehensive list has ever been released publicly — a gap that has fueled public skepticism.
Bwala’s latest declaration suggests that the Tinubu government may be finalising investigations that could lead to the first public identification of those allegedly sponsoring terror campaigns in the country.
However, he provided no specific timeline or details on individuals under government radar.
Security experts and civil society organisations have repeatedly demanded transparency in the fight against terrorism, arguing that exposing financiers is critical to weakening insurgent operations.
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