Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, says the process of identifying and prosecuting terrorism financiers in Nigeria is ongoing.

Mr Musa spoke on Thursday night when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV's Politics Today.

The military chief stressed that naming the financiers had been delayed because the matter involves legal complexities.

"I think the process (of naming the financiers) is on. (The delay was) because it has to do with a lot of legal issues and because again, it has to do with international connections.

"Some of them have funds coming from outside, we cannot do anything from within. We know them," he said, adding that other financiers are within Nigeria.

Continuing, Mr Musa said: "Th...