FG has released the list of 48 terrorism financiers in Nigeria.
Glamtush reports that the Federal Government on Saturday released a list of 48 individuals and groups it said were involved in financing terrorist activities in the country.
The list, published by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC), came barely 24 hours after the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice concluded the ninth phase of the mass trial of over 500 persons linked to the Boko Haram terrorist sect.
The four-day trial sessions were conducted by 10 judges of the Federal High Court in Abuja, where a total of 386 convictions were secured by the FG.
While the AGF, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, led the FG’s legal team alongside the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF), Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, most of the convicts were represented by a team of lawyers from the National Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (NLACON).
Aside from imposing various sentences that included life imprisonment, the courts issued consequential orders recommending that the convicts undergo rehabilitation and deradicalisation programmes.
The AGF expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the cases, insisting that the punishments meted out to the defendants were intended to send a clear signal to those involved in terrorism and terrorism financing.
“There is no space for them here in Nigeria. We cannot stop them from going elsewhere, but as far as Nigeria is concerned, we cannot accommodate them.
“We have been able to bring justice to them—or rather, bring them to justice. This is the clear signal we are sending,” he stated.
A few hours after the declaration, the NIGSAC made public the list of those it said were complicit in sponsoring terrorism across the federation.
Among the names on the list were three groups—Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ansaru, and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)—which had already been proscribed as terrorist organisations.
Equally on the list is the self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra, Mr. Simon Ekpa, who was convicted in September 2025 by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland.
Ekpa was found guilty of terrorism-related charges and sentenced to six years in prison by the Finnish court.
The court ruled that Ekpa had, between August 2021 and November 2024, supplied weapons, explosives, and ammunition to armed separatist groups in the southeastern part of the country, as well as exploited his online influence to promote violence.
Another notable name on the list is the alleged Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapping negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu, who is billed to open his defence to a 10-count terrorism charge filed by the FG on April 23.
Trial Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja okayed the matter for defence after the FG closed its case with evidence from six witnesses.
Mamu was arraigned before the court on March 21, 2023, for allegedly aiding terrorist operations in the country.
The Kaduna-based Islamic scholar was further accused of collecting various sums of money in different currencies from families of victims of the train attack on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorist sect.
The FG told the court that investigations revealed the defendant collected an aggregate sum of $420,000 from families of the victims, as well as N21 million from another set of families of the train attack victims.
It further alleged that Mamu concealed funds he earned from services rendered to the terrorist organisation in his residence in Kaduna State.
The prosecution added that the defendant had, sometime in 2022 in Kaduna State, received ransom payments in the sum of N500,000 on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorist group from families of the train attack hostages.
More so, the prosecution stated that the defendant exchanged voice note communications with one Baba Adamu, identified as spokesperson of Boko Haram, in relation to acts of terrorism.
It alleged that the defendant acted in breach of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Mamu was arrested on September 6, 2022, at Cairo Airport, Egypt, while on his way to Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj with his family members.
He was subsequently brought back to the country and immediately taken into custody by the DSS, which obtained a detention order against him.
In an affidavit deposed to by one of its operatives, Hamza Pandogari, the DSS told the court that Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, used the cover of journalism to perpetrate his deeds.
It stated that the detained publisher was on his way to attend a clandestine meeting with top terrorist commanders when he was intercepted in Egypt through the help of the International Police (Interpol).
It alleged that preliminary investigations revealed Mamu’s involvement in terrorism financing.
Here’s the full list of the alleged terrorism financiers published by the FG on Saturday.
1. Abdulsamat Ohida
2. Mohammed Sani
3. Abdurrahaman Abdurrahaman
4. Fatima Ishaq
5. Tukur Mamu
6. Yusuf Ghazali
7. Muhammad Sani
8. Abubakar Muhammad
9. Sallamudeen Hassan
10. Adamu Ishak
11. Hassana Isah
12. Abdulkareem Musa
13. Umar Abdullahi
14. Abdurrahaman Ado
15. Bashir Yusuf
16. Ibrahim Alhassan
17. Muhammad Isah
18. Salihu Adamu
19. Surajo Mohammad
20. Fannami Bukar
21. Muhammed Musa
22. Sahabi Ismail
23. Mohammed Buba
24. Jama’atu Wal-Jihad
25. Ansarul Sudan (Ansaru)
26. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)
27. Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
28. Yan Group
29. Yan Group NLBDG
30. Adamu Hassan
31. Hassan Mohammed
32. Usman Abubakar
33. Kubara Salawu
34. Rabiu Suleiman
35. Simon Njoku
36. Godstime Iyare
37. Francis Mmadubuchi
38. John Onwumere
39. Chikwuka Eze
40. Edwin Chukwuedo
41. Chiwendu Owoh
42. Ginika Orji
43. Awo Uchechukwu
44. Mercy Ali
45. Ohagwu Juliana
46. Eze Okpoto
47. Nwaobi Chimezie
48. Ogumu Kewe
There are indications that the FG would initiate extradition proceedings to ensure the repatriation of some of them currently residing outside the country.
