9mobile clarifies ‘Director’s name on terrorism financiers list

The management of mobile telecommunication firm, 9mobile has reacted to media reports that one of its directors is on the United Arab Emirates (UAE} list of terrorist financiers.

In its clarification, 9mobile said that one Abdurrahman Ado Musa, who is on that list, is not a director of the mobile telecommunications company.

This disclosure is contained in a statement issued by the company in Lagos, in which it said that the Abdulrrahman’ Ado Musa named on the UAE list, was not the same as Abdulrahman Ado, its Executive Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, 9mobile said the resemblance in names was purely coincidental, adding that its director does not bear ‘Musa’.

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9 mobile said, “Our Director, Abdulrahman Ado, is a respectable law-abiding Nigerian. He served the country diligently in public service for over three decades before transferring his services to the private sector.

“He served in various capacities and was Pioneer Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and Executive Commissioner, Licensing and Consumer Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission.

“As a law-abiding company that believes in the greatness of Nigeria, and the well-being of all its citizens, 9mobile would never accommodate any undesirable element within its management and staff.’’

It would be recalled that the UAE authorities named 6 Nigerians as financiers of terrorist organizations including the Boko Haram sect and other criminal activities.

The 6 persons mentioned had been previously tried and sentenced in UAE with various prison terms after a federal appeals court upheld their convictions for funding the terrorist groups.

The decision was taken when the UAE federal cabinet met in Abu Dhabi on Monday after which they issued Resolution No. 83 of 2021, designating a total of 38 individuals and 15 corporate sponsors on its approved list of persons and organisations supporting Boko Haram and other terrorist causes.

The 6 Nigerians who are part of the list include Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.