The Federal Government has identified 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDCs) firms, who are allegedly financing terrorism in Nigeria.
This information was disclosed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit in a document titled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.”
The document stated that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, and recommended specific individuals and entities for sanctions due to their involvement in terrorism financing.
“The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, with the approval of the President, has thereupon designated the following individuals and entities to be listed on the Nigeria Sanctions List,” the document read in part.
The list comprises of nine individuals and six BDCs which have been sanction for terrorism-related offenses.
The individuals are;
- Tukur Mamu
- Yusuf Ghazali
- Muhammad Sani
- Abubakar Muhammad
- Sallamudeen Hassan
- Adamu Ishak
- Hassana-Oyiza Isah
- Abdulkareem Musa,
- Umar Abdullahi
The six BDCs and firms are:
- West and East Africa General Trading Company Limited
- Settings Bureau De Change Limited
- G. Side General Enterprises
- Desert Exchange Ventures Limited
- Eagle Square General Trading Company Limited
- Alfa Exchange BDC
At the top of the list of people mentioned in the document is Tukur Mamu, a publisher based in Kaduna. He is currently on trial by the Federal Government for allegedly assisting the terrorists responsible for the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train in March 2022.
According to the document, Mamu “participated in the financing of terrorism by receiving and delivering ransom payments over the sum of $200,000 US in support of ISWAP terrorists for the release of hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.”
The document said one of the individuals is “the suspected attacker of the St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo State on June 5, 2022, and the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, on July 5, 2022.”
