The Council of American Peace Advocates, CAPA, has commended the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for identifying and blacklisting 60 new individuals and firms linked to terrorism financing.
In a statement by its Secretary General, Ambassador Rhonda Hardee, CAPA described government’s intensified efforts to monitor and sanction extremist facilitators as “gratifying” and essential to national security.
Condemning the flow of illicit funds as the “lifeblood” of global terror, the council lauded the government’s new security doctrine.
It added that the policy officially designated 31 categories of actors as terrorists, including ransom facilitators and the political protectors of violent groups—a move CAPA hailed as a “pivotal step in the right direction.”
CAPA specifically praised the seamless synergy between the Nigeria Sanctions Committee, NIGSAC, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC.
It declared that the collaborative approach had yielded significant results between 2024 and 2026, effectively freezing “blood money” assets and dismantling the financial infrastructure of insurgent groups.
“The inimical acts of these financiers have directly triggered food insecurity in Nigeria’s agricultural hubs,” Ambassador Rhonda Hardee noted.
She added: “Forceful evictions and the imposition of illegal ‘harvest taxes’ on farmers have led to chronic food shortages that affect the entire region.”
CAPA said with the latest addition of 60 suspects (48 individuals and 12 firms), the total number of entities apprehended or sanctioned in the wave of enforcement had reached 92.
It said that followed previous crackdowns involving 15 entities in March 2024 and 17 organisations in May 2025.
While celebrating the milestones, CAPA urged the federal government to widen its dragnet further to expose high-profile collaborators hiding within elite circles.
The Council of American Peace Advocates, CAPA, is dedicated to fostering national unity, conflict resolution, and global peace leadership.
By supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, CAPA works to shape international policies that prioritize diplomacy over militarism and address the root causes of global instability.
At its March, 2026 training programme on Gender Based Violence, GBV, the council empowered over 2,000 women across Africa.
The beneficiaries included 1,000 women and men from Nigeria and others were drawn from Eswatini and various regions across the continent to mark United Nations International Women’s Day.
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