US freezes assets of eight Nigerians over links with Boko Haram, cybercrime (Full list)

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The US has immobilized the assets and properties of eight Nigerians alleged to have connections with the Islamic sects Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

On February 10, the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control published a document spanning 3,000 pages that included the sanctions.

The document named the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List”, SDN List, serves as a reference detailing individuals and entities that are subject to US sanctions.

The document included a list of individuals who were sanctioned for cybercrime-related offenses and other security threats.

The evolution aligned with the US Congress’s recommendations for imposing visa bans and asset freezes on individuals and groups accused of violating religious freedom and persecuting Christians in Nigeria.

Remember that last year, US President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

Nigerians who are listed under US Treasury sanctions are subject to asset freezes according to Executive Order 13224.

Included among those designated is Salih Yusuf Adamu (born August 23, 1990), who is also known as Salihu Yusuf.

He was recognized as having connections to Boko Haram. In 2022, Yusuf was one of six Nigerians who were found guilty in the United Arab Emirates for setting up a Boko Haram cell aimed at financing insurgents in Nigeria.

The group was convicted for trying to move $782,000 from Dubai to Nigeria.

Babestan Oluwole Ademulero, who was born on March 4, 1953, has been included in a list of individuals subject to terrorism-related sanctions. He was recognized using various aliases, such as Wole A. Babestan and Olatunde Irewole Shofeso.

Another designation was given to Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, known as Ba Idrisa, who is said to have been born in Maiduguri, Borno State, between 1989 and 1994. He was marked for terrorism-related sanctions.

Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, known also as Habib Yusuf, was recognized as a leader of Boko Haram and has been recorded with different birth years ranging from 1990 to 1995.

Nnamdi Orson Benson, who was born in Nigeria on March 21, 1987, has been reported to possess a Nigerian passport and was included in the CYBER2 sanctions list.

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