The Federal Government yesterday released a list of 48 individuals and groups it said were involved in financing terrorist activities in the country. The list, which was published by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) was released a day 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 government. While the AGF, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, led the Federal Government’s legal team alongside the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF), Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, most of the convicts were represented by a team of lawyers from the National Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (NLACON).
The court had imposed various sentences including life imprisonment. The court also issued consequential orders recommending that the convicts undergo rehabilitation and deradicalisation programmes. The AGF had 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.
Also on the list is the self styled Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, who was convicted in September 2025 by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland. Also on the list is the alleged Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapping negotiator, Tukur Mamu, who is billed to open his defence to a 10-count terrorism charge filed by the FG on April 23.
Other alleged terrorism financiers on the list published by the government on Saturday are: Abdulsamat Ohida; Mohammed Sani; Abdurrahaman Abdurrahaman; Fatima Ishaq; Yusuf Ghazali; Muhammad Sani; Abubakar Muhammad; Sallamudeen Hassan; Adamu Ishak; Hassana Isah; Abdulkareem Musa; Umar Abdullahi; and Abdurrahaman Ado.
Also on the list are Bashir Yusuf; Ibrahim Alhassan; Muhammad Isah; Salihu Adamu; Surajo Mohammad; Fannami Bukar; Muhammed Musa; Sahabi Ismail; Mohammed Buba; Jama’atu Wal-Jihad; Yan Group; Yan Group NLB-DG; Adamu Hassan; Hassan Mohammed; Usman Abubakar; Kubara Salawu; and Rabiu Suleiman.
Others are Godstime Iyare; Francis Mmadubuchi; John Onwumere; Chikwuka Eze; Edwin Chukwuedo; Chiwendu Owoh; Ginika Orji; Awo Uchechukwu; Mercy Ali; Ohagwu Juliana; Eze Okpoto; Nwaobi Chimezie; and Ogumu Kewe.
