The announcement intensifies the crackdown on financial pipelines fueling insecurity nationwide.
By TheInvestigator
In a massive blow to terror networks across the country, the federal government has publicly named 48 individuals and entities allegedly linked to terrorism financing in Nigeria.
Released by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) on Saturday, the list targets persons and groups suspected of backing proscribed and extremist organisations such as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ansarul Sudan (Ansaru), and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The announcement intensifies the crackdown on financial pipelines fueling insecurity nationwide.
Two particularly high-profile figures headline the list: Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based separatist figure associated with a faction of IPOB, and Tukur Mamu, a Kaduna-based publisher currently facing trial in Nigeria over alleged terrorism financing.
Ekpa’s inclusion follows a six-year prison sentence delivered by a Päijät-Häme district court in Finland on September 1, 2025, for terrorism offences, specifically inciting terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist group. Mamu, who was arrested in 2022, has been arraigned on multiple federal charges alleging support for terrorist groups through financial and logistics networks, though he has consistently denied the charges.
The Nigeria Sanctions Committee also targeted several proscribed and extremist entities in its announcement, including Jama’atu Wal-Jihad, Ansarul Sudan (Ansaru), Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Yan Group, and Yan Group NLBDG. Beyond these groups, the list includes dozens of other individuals, featuring several names from the south-east and across the country.
See the list.
