FG hails US designation of Nigeria-based Mukhtar Muhammad, bureaux de change ISIS facilitators

The Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NSC) has hailed the U.S. designation of Nigeria-based Mukhtar Adamu and three bureaux de change as terrorist facilitators over their links with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
On Monday, Mr. Adamu, born on August 2, 1990 and residing in the Agege area of Lagos, was designated “for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for or goods and services to or in support of, ISIS-WA.”
In a statement yesterday, the NSC said the designation followed the inclusion of Mr Adamu and his companies as part of a broader update to the Nigeria Sanctions List approved and published on June 18, 2026.
“Th...