The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having ties and dealings with terrorist groups, the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Treasury published a 3,000-page document on February 10 that included the penalties.
The SDN List, also known as the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List,” is a reference list that lists people and organisations that are subject to US sanctions.
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Additionally, the paper mentioned those who had been sanctioned for offences connected to cybercrime and other security issues.
According to reports, the development followed the recommendations by the US Congress for visa bans and asset freezes on persons and groups accused of violations of religious freedom and persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
Nigerians listed under the US Treasury sanctions are to face asset freezes under Executive Order 13224.
This comes only few says after the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026 stated that 5 US lawmakers have proposed specific actions, such as asset freezes and visa bans, against people and organisations suspected of violating religious freedom in Nigeria.
Included among those designated is Salih Yusuf Adamu, also known as Salihu Yusuf, born August 23, 1990.
He was identified as having links to Boko Haram. Yusuf was among six Nigerians convicted in 2022 in the United Arab Emirates for establishing a Boko Haram cell to raise funds for insurgents in Nigeria.
The group was found guilty of attempting to transfer $782,000 from Dubai to Nigeria.
Babestan Oluwole Ademulero was born on March 4, 1953, and was subject to sanctions related to terrorism. Olatunde Irewole Shofeso and Wole A. Babestan were among the other aliases used to identify him.
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Ba Idrisa, also known as Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, was also designated. He was supposedly born in Maiduguri, Borno State, between 1989 and 1994. He was marked for sanctions relating to terrorism.
Habib Yusuf, also known as Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, was mentioned as a Boko Haram leader with a range of birth years from 1990 to 1995.
Nnamdi Orson Benson, who was born in Nigeria on March 21, 1987, was reported to possess a Nigerian passport and was under CYBER2 sanctions and is also wanted by the FBI.
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