FG Names 9 Persons, 6 Bdcs Financing Terrorism.
Government has named 15 entities said to be involved in terrorism financing.
They include nine individuals and six Bureaux De Change operators and firms.
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, disclosed this in an email titled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024”.
According to the document, the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024. At the meeting, specific individuals and entities were recommended for sanction following their involvement in terrorism financing.
Those named in the document for financing terrorism include Tukur Mamu, a Kaduna-based publisher, who is currently being tried for allegedly aiding the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train in March 2022.
Also, another was “a member of the terrorist group Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudam, associated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Another named among those financing terrorism was “a senior commander of the Islamic State of West Africa Province Okene, amongst others.
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