Tag: Court sentence

Court jails 3 for life over Oyo school kidnapping 

Aminu Imam
Court jails 3 Oyo school kidnappers

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three suspects linked to the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire local government area of Oyo State to life imprisonment. Justice Salim Ibrahim ordered that the life sentence should take effect from the date of the convicts’ arrest, according to reports. He handed down the sentence after convicting AbdulRazaq Umar (also known as Abu-Khalifa/Abu-Khalid), Yunusa Musa (Yunusa bin-Musa) and Shamsu Adamu Sani (Abu-Itisar) on charges connected to terrorism and the kidnapping incident. The defendants had earlier pleaded ‘guilty’ to some of…

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Terrorism: Nnamdi Kanu jailed for life, as court brands him ‘intn’l terrorist’

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Nnamdi Kanu jailed for life

…Security tightens at home; lawyers launch appeal A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment after declaring him an international terrorist, and convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges, including making inciting broadcasts against foreign missions in Nigeria. Delivering judgment yesterday, Justice James Omotosho criticised Kanu as arrogant, unremorseful and undeterred despite violence linked to his movement in the South-East region.  The judge recalled incidents in which Kanu allegedly slapped his own counsel and…

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Court jails ISWAP leader 20 years for terrorist attacks

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Court jails ISWAP leader

Justice Emeka Nwite, of a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday sentenced an ISWAP leader, Hussaini Isma’ila, to 20 years in prison for carrying out terrorist attacks in Kano State. The court said Isma’ila, also known as Mai Tangaran, was guilty after he changed his plea from “not guilty” to “guilty’’. According to the DSS, Isma’ila helped plan and coordinate several attacks in 2012. These attacks targeted the Police Headquarters in Bompai, the Mobile Police Base on Kabuga Road, and Police stations at Pharm Centre and Unguwa-Uku in Kano. Many…

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