US Releases List of ISIS Sponsors, Includes Nigerian Firms and Individuals
The United States on Monday released a list of individuals and firms funding terrorism in Nigeria.
US state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott said a Nigeria-based operator was among the three individuals and six entities accused of aiding the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS move funds across borders through money exchange businesses.
The designations cut across France, Syria, Türkiye, and Nigeria.
One of the firms indicted is Generation Currency Bureau de Change Limited, RC 1555604, linked to Mukhtar Adamu and the ISIS network.
The two other firms are Manhattan Bureau de Change Limited, No. 59 Murtala Mohammed Way, Wapa, Kano, RC 1763824, linked to Mukhtar Adamu and the ISIS network, and Nine to Nine Exchange Bureau de Change Limited, Ikeja, Lagos State, with RC 1462752, also linked to Mukhtar Adamu and the ISIS network.
Pigott described the network as one that enables ISIS to move money across borders.
Among those designated is a France-based facilitator who provided information concerning the use of explosives to ISIS supporters, a Syria-based operator who used cryptocurrency to transfer funds on behalf of ISIS associates in multiple countries, including the United States, and a Nigeria-based facilitator whose money exchange businesses served as conduits for ISIS financing,” the statement added.
In further updates released, the US released the identities of the three persons and six companies designated.
Apart from the Nigerian national, three of the six designated companies are also from Nigeria, two from Lagos State and one from Kano.
The U.S. reaffirmed its “strong partnership with Nigeria,” which joined the United States in the May 16, 2026, operation that resulted in the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the number two official in ISIS.
The US spokesperson said the United States would continue to apply diplomatic and legal measures against ISIS and its supporters worldwide.
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