Sani Wilson Enemona

Six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been kept behind bars of for allegedly funding Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.

The Abu Dhabi court of appeal, in April 2019, sentenced Surajo Abubakar, Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu two of them to life imprisonment followed by deportation — while Ibrahim Ali Alhassan,

AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa, the four others were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, also followed by deportation.

They were found guilty of setting up a Boko Haram cell in the UAE to raise funds and material assistance for the insurgents in Nigeria.

A UAE federal supreme court in December 2019 turned down an appeal by the six Nigerians, upholding the ruling of the appeal court.

They were said to have transferred up to $800,000 to Boko Haram between 2015 and 2016.