Nigeria: U.S. Sanctions Lagos-Based ISIS Financier, Bureaux De Change in Global Terror Crackdown

The United States has sanctioned a Lagos-based ISIS financier, Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, 35, and three bureaux de change linked to him for allegedly moving funds for the group, as part of a sweeping action targeting ISIS financial networks across Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa.

The action taken under Executive Order 13224, targets a network operating in France, Turkiye, Syria and Nigeria that Washington said helps fund ISIS attacks, support its affiliates, and threaten civilians, including religious minorities.

Muhammad, also known as Adamu Mukhtar and Muhammad Mukhtar, was listed with address in Agege, Lagos State, and linked directly to ISIS-West Africa.