US Sanctions Nigerians Funding Boko Haram from United Arab Emirates

The United States has sanctioned six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were convicted for funding and supporting Boko Haram terrorist group

The six Nigerians in the UAE were said to have funded the terrorist group to carry out their activities successfully in the country.

According to a press statement by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), all the six  Nigerians were found guilty of establishing a Boko Haram unit in the UAE which was designated to raise funds for the terrorist group and to provide material assistance to Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.

The six Nigerians, according to the press statement, are: Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.

The statement further revealed that the OFAC’s investigation was followed by arrests, prosecutions, and sanctions in the UAE in September 2021. The swift action by the UAE demonstrates the commitment of the Emirati government to using judicial measures and certain financial sanctions to curb the flow of funds to these networks.

Speaking about this action, the Under Secretary of the Treasury, Brian Nelson, said: “With this action, the United States joins the UAE in targeting terrorist financing networks of mutual concern. Treasury continues to target financial facilitators of terrorist activity worldwide.  We welcome multilateral action on this Boko Haram network to ensure that it is not able to move any further funds through the international financial system.”