The Federal Government warns landlords and other facilitators that renting property to terrorists, or hosting preparatory meetings linked to terrorist groups, can lead to prosecution under the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022. The warning is delivered by Mijinyawa Zakari, a director in the Legal Office of the National Security Adviser, during a press briefing in Abuja.
Zakari says the law covers not only direct terrorist acts but also preparatory offences and various forms of support to terrorist groups. He states that providing support to terrorism carries a minimum 20-year prison sentence, and that knowingly renting property to terrorists is also prosecutable even without a “clear-cut” harmful act.
Across the outlets, the main focus is the same: the government’s message to landlords and collaborators about legal exposure and the categories of conduct the act criminalises. One outlet adds detail about a corporate risk of terrorist financing, while others stick closely to the core warning and the minimum 20-year sentence framing.
