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The Federal Government has placed the alleged bandits negotiator, Tukur Mamu, the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekoa and 46 others on its sanctions list for alleged terrorism financing and other crimes
In an updated list posted on the sanctions committee’s website on Saturday, the federal government also listed two senior commanders of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP), Abdulsamat Ohida and Abdulrahaman Abdulrahaman.
The two men were from Okene, Kogi State.
Ohida was linked to the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, and the July 5, 2022 assault on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
A member of the Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudam (ANSARU), a group associated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQIM), Muhammed Sani, was also listed.
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The government alleged that Sani was trained under Muktar Belmokhtar, also known as “One Eyed,” and specialised in designing clandestine communication codes and improvised explosive devices.
Other listed persons were – Abubakar Muhammad, Allamudeen Hassan, Adamu Ishak, Hassana Isah, Abdulkareem Musa, Umar Abdullahi, Abdurrahman Ado, Bashir Yusuf, Ibrahim Alhassan, Muhammad Isah, Salihu Adamu and Surajo Mohammad.
The rest were – 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 mentioned in the list were Jama’atu Wal-Jihad, Ansarul Sudan (ANSARU), ISWAP, IPOB, Yan Group and Yan Group NLBDG.
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