The United States has officially designated a Nigerian citizen and three companies operating in Nigeria as alleged financial facilitators for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The action, announced on Monday, June 22, 2026, targets three individuals and six entities across Nigeria, Syria, France, and Turkiye, according to a statement by Thomas Pigott, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State. The network is accused of facilitating the movement of money for ISIS's global operations.
Details of the Designated Individuals
The list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) includes Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad (also known as Mukhtar Adamu or Muhammad Mukhtar), a Nigerian citizen born on August 2, 1990, with passport numbers A11904741 and A07422697. He resides at No. 45 Abimbola Street, off Capital Road, Morcas Agege, Lagos State, Nigeria. Muhammad is linked to ISIS-West Africa. Other individuals designated include Boukich Abdelhakim (alias Abu Sulayman Alholandi or Muhammad Babili), a Syrian-born Dutch national born December 15, 1993, and Miloud Abderrahmane (alias Ibrahim Ghazi), a French national born August 1992, both linked to ISIS.
List of Companies Designated
Three Nigerian firms were designated: Generation Currency Bureau De Change Limited (Lagos, RC 1555604), Manhattan Bureau De Change Limited (No. 59 Murtala Mohammed Way, Wapa, Kano, RC 1763824), and Nine to Nine Exchange Bureau De Change Limited (Ikeja, Lagos State, RC 1462752). All are linked to Mukhtar Adamu and the ISIS network. Additionally, Turkish firms Alkaram Danismanlik Gayrimenkul Ic Ve Dis Genel Ticaret Limited Sirketi (also known as Al-Karam Company and Al-Karam Money Transfer Company) and Spider Gayrimenkul Ve Genel Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Spider Money Transfer Company) were designated, along with Bitcoin Exchange Agent Idlib’s No.1 Coin Exchange in Syria.
Impact and Context
The designations freeze any assets the designated parties hold in the United States and prohibit U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with them. This action follows a previous operation in May 2026 where U.S. and Nigerian forces killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second global leader of ISIS, around the Lake Chad basin. The U.S. continues to target financial networks supporting ISIS globally.
