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