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Just In: Federal Government Releases 15 Names Of Influential Nigerians And Organizations Funding Terrorism

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Last updated: 2024/03/20 at 7:59 AM
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Just In: Federal Government Releases 15 Names Of Influential Nigerians And Organizations Funding Terrorism

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it has identified 15 entities suspected of involvement in funding terrorism, consisting of nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms.

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit shared information about the progress in a report titled “Identification of Persons and Organizations as of March 18, 2024.”

The document indicated that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee convened on March 18, 2024, during which certain individuals and entities were identified for sanction due to their ties to 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 was partially read. Advertisements One of the persons mentioned in the document is Tukur Mamu, a publisher from Kaduna, who is presently undergoing trial by the Federal Government on suspicions of supporting the terrorists involved in the March 2022 attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train.

it is noted that Mamu.“participated in the financing of terrorism by receiving and delivering ransome 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 Center, Abuja on July 5, 2022.” Advertisements Another was described as “a member of the terrorist group Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudam, the group is associated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. “The subject was trained and served under Muktar Belmokhtar, aka One Eyed Out, led Al-Murabtoun Katibat of AQIM in Algeria and Mali.” The NFIU said the individual “specialises in designing terrorist clandestine communication code and he is also Improvised Explosive Device expert. Advertisements “The subject was also a gate keeper to ANSARU leader, Mohammed Usman aka Khalid Al-Bamawi. Equally, he was a courier and travel guide to AQIM Katibat in the desert of Algeria and Mali. He is into carpentry. Subject fled Kuje correctional centre on July 5, 2022. He is currently at large.” Another was identified as “a senior commander of the Islamic State of West Africa Province Okene.” The individual was indicated by the agency.“came into limelight in 2012 as North Central wing of Boko Haram. Advertisements “The group is suspected of the attacks carried out around Federal Capital Territory and the South West Geographical Zone, including the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State.” Another was described as “a financial courier to ISWAP Okene. She is responsible for the disbursement of funds to the widows/wives of the terrorist fighters of the group.” According to the document, another of the individuals “in 2015, transferred N60m to terrorism convicts.” He was also said to have “received a sum of N189m between 2016 and 2018.” The same person is said to “own entities and business reported in the UAE court judgment as facilitating the transfer of terrorist funds from Dubai to Nigeria.” Another individual was said to have “received a total of N57m from between 2014 and 2017.” Another was said to have “had a total inflow of N61.4 bn and a total outflow of N51.7bn from his accounts.”

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Democracy Newsline March 20, 2024
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