The Nigerian government has officially declared the self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), Simon Ekpa, as a financier of terrorism in the country along with 15 other people.
In documents released on Thursday by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NSC), an independent body chaired by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), designating Ekpa and other individuals as terrorist financiers, the federal government also placed sanctions on them including freezing their accounts and other assets in the country.
The government documents reveal that the NSC has mandated all financial institutions in the country to identify and freeze all accounts linked to the designated individuals and entities without prior notice.
