The United States has sanctioned six Nigerians who were convicted in the United Arab Emirates as sponsors of terrorism including Boko Haram.
Spokesperson of the US Department of States (DOS), Ned Price, made this known in a statement on Friday.
Those sanctioned are; Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.
According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the affected persons were part found to have sponsored or financed Boko Haram.
The statement reads:” Today’s action follows the United Arab Emirates’ prosecutions, convictions, and designations of these individuals for supporting terrorism.
“The Department of State designated Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and Specially Designated Global Terrorist organisation on November 14, 2013.
“The Nigeria-based group is responsible for numerous attacks in the northern and northeastern regions of the country as well as in the Lake Chad Basin in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have killed thousands of people since 2009.
“All property and interests in property of the individuals and of any entities owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by them, individually, or with other blocked persons, in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, must be blocked and reported to OFAC.
“Also, engaging in transactions with the individuals entails risk of secondary sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended. Pursuant to this authority.”
