The United States has imposed sanctions on eight Nigerians with alleged links to terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as cybercrime-related offenses. The sanctions were announced in a February 10 publication by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

The individuals sanctioned include:

• Salih Yusuf Adamu, born August 23, 1990, linked to Boko Haram and convicted in the UAE for establishing a Boko Haram cell
• Babestan Oluwole Ademulero, born March 4, 1953, listed under terrorism-related sanctions
• Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, born between 1989 and 1994, flagged under terrorism-related sanctions
• Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, identified as a Boko Haram leader
• Khaled (or Khalid) Al-Barnawi, born in 1976, linked to Boko Haram
• Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, born January 31, 1981, linked to Boko Haram
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Mainuki, born in 1982, designated for alleged ties to ISIL
• Nnamdi Orson Benson, born March 21, 1987, listed under CYBER2 sanctions

The sanctions block all property and interests in property of the listed individuals within US jurisdiction and prohibit US persons from engaging in transactions with them