According to reports, the action came after the US Congress recommended that individuals and organizations suspected of violating religious freedom and persecuting Christians in Nigeria be prohibited from obtaining visas and have their assets frozen.
Remember that Nigeria was designated as a Country of Particular Concern by US President Donald Trump last year.
Executive Order 13224 freezes the assets of Nigerians listed under US Treasury sanctions.
Salih Yusuf Adamu, also known as Salihu Yusuf, was born on August 23, 1990, and is one of those designated.
He was discovered to have ties to Boko Haram. Yusuf was one of six Nigerians found guilty in the United Arab Emirates in 2022 of setting up a Boko Haram cell to generate money for Nigerian rebels.
The trio was convicted of trying to move $782,000 from Dubai to Nigeria.
Born March 4, 1953, Babestan Oluwole Ademulero was on a list of those subject to sanctions related to terrorism. He went by several identities, such as Olatunde Irewole Shofeso and Wole A. Babestan.
Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, also called Ba Idrisa, was also designated. He was supposedly born in Maiduguri, Borno State, between 1989 and 1994. Sanctions linked to terrorism were applied to him.
A Boko Haram leader named Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, also known as Habib Yusuf, was reported with a range of birth years from 1990 to 1995.
Nigerian-born Nnamdi Orson Benson was named under CYBER2 sanctions and was said to possess a Nigerian passport. He was born on March 21, 1987.
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