FG Updates Terrorism Sponsors’ List

The Federal Government has released an updated list of 48 individuals and groups allegedly linked to terrorism financing and sponsorship in the country.

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The list was released through the Nigeria Sanctions Committee and published on Saturday, April 11, 2026, on the committee’s official website.

The development comes amid the ongoing mass trial of terrorism suspects by the Federal Government.

The suspects are facing charges bordering on aiding and abetting terrorism, particularly in the North-East.

The mass trial opened on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where 227 suspects were arraigned before 10 judges.

Security was tight during the proceedings, with the suspects transported to court in heavily guarded convoys under the supervision of military, police and intelligence operatives.

Five of the accused persons have already been handed varying jail terms ranging from seven to 20 years after pleading guilty to charges including selling livestock, supplying food and providing information to militant groups.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, said the scale of the trial underscored the government’s determination to tackle terrorism-related offences.

“The federal government is committed to ensuring that due process is followed while bringing those involved in terrorism to justice,” he said.

One of the major outcomes of the trial was the sentencing of Babagana Habeeb, a former senatorial candidate in Borno State, to 10 years’ imprisonment for selling petrol to Boko Haram terrorists.

Habeeb was convicted on Friday after pleading guilty to a one-count charge of aiding and abetting terrorism brought against him by the Federal Government.

The defendant, a fuel dealer based in Maiduguri, admitted supplying petroleum products to insurgents operating in the North-East, although he said the transactions might have been carried out by attendants at his filling station.

While pleading for leniency, Habeeb, who knelt in the dock, told the court that he had spent more than 10 years in detention without contact with his family and had two wives and six children.

Counsel to the Federal Government, David Kaswe, opposed the plea for mercy, arguing that the support rendered to insurgents contributed to killings and displacement in affected communities.

Kaswe urged the court to impose a 20-year jail term, noting that insurgents relied on petrol supplies to power motorcycles used for attacks and escape operations.

In his ruling, Justice Peter Lifu held that there was no evidence showing that Habeeb was a member of the terrorist group or had undergone weapons training.

He said the charge before the court was specifically limited to the sale of fuel to insurgents.

The judge also noted that the prosecution did not challenge Habeeb’s claim that he had been in custody for over a decade.

Lifu subsequently sentenced him to 10 years in prison and ordered that the sentence should take effect from the date of his arrest.

The court also directed that Habeeb be released after serving the sentence, with a recommendation for rehabilitation.

Below is the full list of alleged terrorism suspects updated on Saturday:

S/N First Name Surname Record Date

1 ABDULSAMAT OHIDA

2 MOHAMMED SANI

3 ABDURRAHAMAN ABDURRAHAMAN

4 FATIMA ISHAQ

5 TUKUR MAMU

6 YUSUF GHAZALI

7 MUHAMMAD SANI

8 ABUBAKAR MUHAMMAD

9 SALLAMUDEEN HASSAN

10 ADAMU ISHAK

11 HASSANA ISAH

12 ABDULKAREEM MUSA

13 UMAR ABDULLAHI

14 ABDURRAHAMAN ADO

15 BASHIR YUSUF

16 IBRAHIM ALHASSAN

17 MUHAMMAD ISAH

18 SALIHU ADAMU

19 SURAJO MOHAMMAD

20 FANNAMI BUKAR

21 MUHAMMED MUSA

22 Sahabi Ismail

23 Mohammed Buba

24 JAMA’ATU WAL-JIHAD

25 ANSARUL SUDAN (ANSARU)

26 ISLAMIC PROVINCE (ISWAP)

27 INDIGENOUS BIAFRA (IPOB)

28 YAN GROUP

29 YAN GROUP NLBDG

30 ADAMU HASSAN

31 HASSAN MOHAMMED

32 USMAN ABUBAKAR

33 KUBARA SALAWU

34 RABIU SULEIMAN

35 SIMON NJOKU

36 GODSTIME IYARE

37 FRANCIS MMADUABUCHI

38 JOHN ONWUMERE

39 CHIKWUKA EZE

40 EDWIN CHUKWUEDO

41 CHIWENDU OWOH

42 GINIKA ORJI

43 AWO UCHECHUKWU

44 MERCY ALI

45 OHAGWU JULIANA

46 EZE OKPOTO

47 NWAOBI CHIMEZIE

48 OGUMU KEWE