Stillborn prosecution of terror sponsors By Fri May 14 2021 As much as it’s disappointing that more than a decade since the eruption of the Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria the authorities still betray inexcusable naivety in terms of the politics of the war on terror, the way they are handling the planned prosecution of some alleged Boko Haram sponsors is even more disappointing. This is because while the former involves intelligence and diplomatic complexities, which require extensive engagements with foreign governments and organisations, it only takes basic competence to accomplish the latter. Given the intricacies of the process of facilitating terror financing where the financiers and facilitators are obsessed with not leaving any trace, an investigation into it is painstakingly and discreetly conducted with intelligence mechanisms. After irrefutable evidence against the accused has been collected up, they (accused) are caught off guard and picked up quietly unless when doing so otherwise is absolutely unavoidable. Also, after extended sessions of exhaustive interrogation and further investigations, they are subjected to prosecution in a special and mostly closed court. Details of the circumstances of the arrests including the identities of the arrested are released only when it won’t in any way undermine the investigation and/or prosecution.