According to reports, the move 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 having their assets frozen.
Remember when Nigeria was designated as a Country of Particular Concern by US President Donald Trump last year?
Executive Order 13224 imposes asset freezes on Nigerians named under US Treasury sanctions.
Salih Yusuf Adamu, also called Salihu Yusuf, was born on August 23, 1990, and is one of those designated.
His ties to Boko Haram were discovered. In 2022, Yusuf was one of six Nigerians found guilty in the United Arab Emirates of setting up a Boko Haram cell to generate money for Nigerian rebels.
The trio was convicted of trying to send $782,000 to Nigeria from Dubai.
Born on March 4, 1953, Babestan Oluwole Ademulero was on a list of those subject to sanctions related to terrorism. He was known by several aliases, such as Olatunde Irewole Shofeso and Wole A. Babestan.
Abu Abdullah ibn Umar Al-Barnawi, popularly known as Ba Idrisa, was also named. He was supposedly born in Maiduguri, Borno State, between 1989 and 1994. Sanctions relating to terrorism were applied to him.
Boko Haram commander Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, also known as Habib Yusuf, was listed with a range of birth years from 1990 to 1995.
Born in Nigeria on March 21, 1987, Nnamdi Orson Benson was named under CYBER2 sanctions and was said to possess a Nigerian passport.
