Alleged terror financier shocker in Lagos: Suspect is a deeply religious man – Neighbours

Alhaji Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, a businessman operating in Lagos, has been identified by the United States government as a key figure in an alleged ISIS financing network. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accused Muhammad of using bureau de change companies in Nigeria to funnel funds to ISIS-West Africa.

The designation, part of a broader counter-terrorism effort by the Trump administration, targeted individuals and entities believed to be linked to ISIS financial networks across various regions. According to Washington, Muhammad and three Nigerian-based money service businesses, Nine To Nine Exchange Bureau De Change Limited, Manhattan Bureau De Change Limited, and Generation Currency Bureau De Change Limited, were sanctioned for enabling ISIS to move funds internationally to support its operations and affiliates.

OFAC provided Muhammad's address as No. 45, Abimbola Street, off Capitol Road, by Morcas, Agege, Lagos State. He is listed as a Nigerian national born in August 1990. The U.S. authorities allege that these businesses were owned, controlled, or directed by Muhammad, facilitating money transfers on behalf of ISIS-WA. The action aims to disrupt financial channels used by ISIS for planning attacks and sustaining its regional branches.

Despite the serious allegations, neighbors in the Agege area of Lagos described Muhammad as a deeply religious man who largely minded his own business and worshipped at the local Agege mosque. Finding his residence proved challenging due to the seemingly disorganized numbering system in the area, with residents offering conflicting directions.

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worships at Agege mosque, minds his business