The EFCC is set to prosecute Lagos Bureau de Change operator Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, who the US recently sanctioned for allegedly helping move funds for ISIS.
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency was already on the trail before Washington made its move.
The EFCC is preparing to prosecute Lagos-based Bureau de Change operator Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad and three linked companies over alleged terrorism financing, Vanguard reports.
Sources told Vanguard the probe was at an advanced stage well before the US designated Muhammad and his firms as financial facilitators for ISIS, accused of moving funds through international networks tied to the terror group.
Insiders say the EFCC had completed key parts of its investigation and was readying charges even as Washington unveiled sanctions.
The commission says its work will complement global efforts to choke off terror financing — with Nigerian and US authorities now running parallel tracks on the same case, Vanguard reported.
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