Tukur Mamu, an aide to Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, has been listed as one of the suspected financiers of terrorism activities in Nigeria.
According to a document from the from the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) titled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024, Mamu was listed among 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and firms.
In the document, Mamu, who is also the publisher of Desert Herald, was listed to have participated in the financing of terrorism by receiving and delivering ransom payments, over the sum of $200,000, in support of ISWAP terrorists for the release of hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack”.
ThisNigeria reports that Mamu is currently being tried by the federal government for allegedly aiding the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train in March 2022.
He was accused of exchanging voice notes relating to the Abuja-Kaduna train hostages with one Baba Adamu, a Boko Haram spokesperson.
The document also disclosed that one of the terrorism financiers is “the suspected attacker of the St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo State on June 5, 2022 and the Kuje Correctional Center, Abuja on July 5, 2022″.
Another was described as a member of the terrorist group Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudam, associated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, who “specialises in designing terrorist clandestine communication code and he is also an Improvised Explosive Device expert”.
The NFIU also listed “a senior commander of the Islamic State of West Africa Province Okene” and “a financial courier to ISWAP Okene”, a female allegedly responsible for the disbursement of funds to the widows and wives of the terrorist fighters of the group.
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Individuals who were said to have “received a total of N57m from between 2014 and 2017” and “a total inflow of N61.4 bn and a total outflow of N51.7bn from his accounts” were also among the suspects.
Individuals listed as sponsors include
Tukur Mamu
Yusuf Ghazali
Muhammad Sani
Abubakar Muhammad
Sallamudeen Hassan
Adamu Ishak
Hassana-Oyiza Isah
Abdulkareem Musa
Umar Abdullahi
The six BDCs and firms include:
West and East Africa General Trading Company Limited
Settings Bureau De Change Limited
G. Side General Enterprises Desert Exchange Ventures Limited
Eagle Square General Trading Company Limited
Alfa Exchange BDC
