***Bureaux de Change operator listed with address in Agege, Lagos State, and Kano, linked directly to ISIS-West AfricalAction taken under US Executive Order 13224, targeting networks operating in France, Turkiye, Syria and Nigeria

By Nkiruka Nnorom, with agency reports

LAGOS — The United States has sanctioned a Lagos-based ISIS financier,, Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, 35, and three bureaux de change linked to him for allegedly moving funds for the group, as part of a sweeping action targeting ISIS financial networks across Europe, the Middle East and West Africa.

The action, taken under Executive Order 13224, targets a network operating in France, Turkiye, Syria and Nigeria that Washington said helped fund ISIS attacks, supported its affiliates, and threatened civilians, including religious minorities.

Muhammad, also known as Adamu Mukhtar and Muhammad Mukhtar, was listed with address in Agege, Lagos State, and linked directly to ISIS-West Africa.