EXCLUSIVE: How Nigerian Secret Police, DSS Downgraded Terror Suspect’s Status On Watchlist, Ordered 'Casual Observation'

The National Headquarters of the Secret Service (NHSS), different known arsenic the Department of State Services (DSS) successful November 2023 downgraded the presumption of a suspected violent identified arsenic Ibrahim Musa connected its watchlist. 

This is contained successful a leaked memo obtained by SaharaReporters connected Tuesday, directing each officials to casually observe the suspect. 

The memo dated 15/11/2023 and signed by Adeola D. Ali for NISEC NHSS reads, “DSE. 9A/5457 X DOWNGRADING OF WATCHLIST ACTION X EYE A M DIRECTED TO INFO YOURS THAT X THE DGSS HAS APPROVED THE DOWNGRADING OF WATCHLIST ACTION 'A' (SUSPECTED TERRORIST) AGAINST IBRAHIM MUSA (PPT NO: A03125224) X TO WLA 'R' (CASUAL OBSERVATION) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT X THIS IS FOR YOUR STRICT COMPLIANCE X PLEASE.” 

Meanwhile, past week, SaharaReporters reported that a leaked memo from the concealed constabulary had ordered the apprehension of the convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore.

Sowore was concisely detained by the officials of the Immigration Service connected Sunday erstwhile helium landed astatine Murtala Muhammed International Airport successful Lagos aft landing successful Nigeria from the US, wherever helium had been with his family.

In April 2019, six Nigerians were convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal successful the United Arab Emirates (UAE) implicit the backing of Boko Haram.

Two of the convicts, Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu were sentenced to beingness imprisonment portion the remaining four, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa were each handed ten-year imprisonment.

The men were convicted successful the UAE of attempting to nonstop $782,000 from Dubai to Nigeria.

In December 2019, a UAE Federal Supreme Court besides turned down an entreaty by the convicts.

In March 2022, the US imposed sanctions connected the six Nigerian nationals recovered blameworthy of mounting up a Boko Haram compartment successful the UAE.

“With this action, the United States joins the UAE successful targeting violent financing networks of communal concern,” Under-Secretary of the Treasury Brian Nelson said successful a study published by Al Jazeera.

“Treasury continues to people fiscal facilitators of violent enactment worldwide. We invited multilateral enactment connected this Boko Haram web to guarantee that it is not capable to determination immoderate further funds done the planetary fiscal system,” helium added.

“All spot and interests successful spot of the individuals named above, and of immoderate entities that are owned, straight oregon indirectly, 50 percent oregon much by them, individually, oregon with different blocked persons, that are successful the United States oregon successful the possession oregon power of US persons, indispensable beryllium blocked and reported to OFAC,” the Treasury said successful a statement.

The US officially designated Boko Haram a “foreign violent group” successful 2013. According to the State Department, the radical is “responsible for galore attacks successful the bluish and northeastern regions of the country, arsenic good arsenic successful the Lake Chad Basin successful Cameroon, Chad and Niger that person killed thousands of radical since 2009”.

In March 2021, past Senior Special Assistant to past President Muhammadu Buhari connected Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the Nigerian Government had arrested immoderate Bureau De Change operators who were facilitating the transportation of wealth to Boko Haram terrorists.

He had said immoderate Nigerians transferring wealth to the sect from the UAE were moving with the BDC operators.

“Bureau de alteration are facilitating wealth to terrorists. We person already worked with the UAE. Convictions person been achieved of Nigerians who are transferring wealth to Boko Haram terrorists and this besides happens domestically. And I archer you that by the clip we decorativeness this investigation, the shocking details volition astonishment galore Nigerians,” Shehu said.

“Dozens of persons person been arrested by information agents successful an ongoing nationwide crackdown connected suspected financiers and collaborators of Boko Haram.”