The Federal Government has officially placed negotiator Tukur Mamu along with 47 other individuals and entities on its sanctions list due to alleged involvement in terrorism financing and related activities.
Among those named is Abdulsamat Ohida, who is described as a senior commander of the Islamic State of West Africa Province in Okene.
In an updated list published on the sanctions committee’s website on Saturday, the government linked him to the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, as well as the July 5, 2022 assault on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
Also listed is Mohammed Sani, said to be a member of the Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudam (ANSARU), which is a group associated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. According to the government, Sani was trained under Muktar Belmokhtar, also known as “One Eyed,” and specialised in “designing clandestine communication codes and improvised explosive devices.”
He was further described as a courier and travel guide for AQIM operatives in Algeria and Mali and was reported to have escaped during the Kuje prison break in July 2022.
Abdurrahman Abdurrahman, another senior ISWAP commander in Okene, was also named.
Regarding the origins of these cells, the post added that “the group emerged in 2012 as the North-Central wing of Boko Haram and later re-aligned with ISWAP after the death of its leader in 2016.
The group has been linked to attacks around the Federal Capital Territory and the South-West, including the Owo church attack.”
Fatima Ishaq was listed as a financial courier to ISWAP Okene, allegedly responsible for disbursing funds to widows and families of fighters.
The government further accused Mamu of participating in terrorism financing by receiving and delivering ransom payments exceeding $200,000 to ISWAP terrorists for the release of hostages from the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.
It specifically said that he “participated in the financing of terrorism by receiving and delivering Ransome payments over the sum of $200,000 US dollars in support of ISWAP terrorists for the release of hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.”
Yusuf Ghazali was also named for allegedly transferring N20 million in 2015 to Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and N40 million to Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, both identified as convicts.
Authorities said Abubakar Adamu, also known as Yellow, received N189 million from Ghazali between 2016 and 2018 and had financial links with the group’s leader, Alhaji Saidu Ahmed.
Ghazali was further accused of owning entities referenced in a UAE court judgment as facilitating the transfer of terrorist funds from Dubai to Nigeria.
Usama Muhammad was listed as a major contact in Zamfara State, allegedly receiving N57 million from Yawale Muhammad between 2014 and 2017 and maintaining transactions with Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saidu Ahmed.
Other individuals on the sanctions list include Abubakar Muhammad, Allamudeen Hassan, Adamu Ishak, Hassana Isah, Abdulkareem Musa, Umar Abdullahi, Abdurrahman Ado, Bashir Yusuf, Ibrahim Alhassan, Muhammad Isah, Salihu Adamu, Surajo Mohammad, Fannami Bukar, Muhammed Musa, Sahabi Ismail, Mohammed Buba, Adamu Hassan, Hassan Mohammed, Usman Abubakar, Kubara Salawu, Rabiu Suleiman, Simon Njoku, Godstime Iyare, Francis Mmaduabuchi, John Onwumere, Chukwuka Eze, Edwin Chukwuedo, Chiwendu Owoh, Ginika Orji, Awo Uchechukwu, Mercy Ali, Ohagwu Juliana, Eze Okpoto, Nwaobi Chimezie and Ogumu Kewe. Entities listed include Jama’atu Wal-Jihad, Ansarul Sudan (ANSARU), Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Indigenous Biafra (IPOB), Yan Group and Yan Group NLBDG.
Background checks showed that in May 2025, the Nigeria Sanctions Committee had earlier designated 17 individuals and organisations over alleged terrorism financing.
Those previously named included Simon Ekpa, Godstime Promise Iyare, Francis Mmaduabuchi, John Onwumere, Chukwuka Eze, Edwin Chukwuedo, Chinwendu Owoh, Ginika Orji, Awo Uchechukwu and Mercy Ebere Ifeoma Ali, alongside others like Ohagwu Juliana, Eze Okpoto, Nwaobi Chimezie, Ogumu Kewe, Igwe Ka Ala Enterprises, Seficuvi Global Company and Lakurawa Group.
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