The Lagos residence identified by the United States as belonging to a Nigerian accused of financing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been deserted for years, a Sunday PUNCH investigation has revealed.
Residents of the quiet Agege community said they neither knew the suspect nor ever suspected that their neighbourhood could be linked to an international terrorism financing network.
When Sunday PUNCH visited No. 45, Abimbola Street, Morkaz, Agege, the address listed by the United States Department of State as the residence of the alleged ISIS financial facilitator, Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, it found a locked building with no signs of habitation.
The dark cream-coloured bungalow, tucked between houses numbered 43 and 47, stood eerily silent.
Its iron doors, partially sealed with concrete, remained firmly locked. Rust coated the door handles, the windows were tightly shut, and there were no signs of habitation or activity inside or around the premises.
