According to reports, the move came after the US Congress recommended restrictions on visas and asset freezes for individuals and organizations suspected of violating religious freedom and persecuting Christians in Nigeria.
Remember how US President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern last year?
Under Executive Order 13224, Nigerians named under US Treasury sanctions risk having their assets frozen.
Salih Yusuf Adamu, better known by his stage name Salihu Yusuf, was born on August 23, 1990.
He was found to be connected to Boko Haram. For setting up a Boko Haram cell to gather money for insurgents in Nigeria, Yusuf was one of six Nigerians found guilty in the United Arab Emirates in 2022.
Attempting to move $782,000 from Dubai to Nigeria was the group’s conviction.
On March 4, 1953, Babestan Oluwole Ademulero was placed under sanctions relating to terrorism. Wole A. Babestan and Olatunde Irewole Shofeso were among the other aliases used to identify him.
Additionally selected was Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, often known as Ba Idrisa, who was allegedly born in Maiduguri, Borno State, between 1989 and 1994. He was marked as subject to penalties relating to terrorism.
One of the Boko Haram leaders, Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, also known as Habib Yusuf, was listed with different birth years between 1990 and 1995.
CYBER2 sanctions were applied on Nnamdi Orson Benson, who was born in Nigeria on March 21, 1987, and was said to possess a Nigerian passport.
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