A High Court sitting in Sokoto State has convicted and sentenced three men, including a Nigerien, to death by hanging after being convicted on charges bordering on terrorism and arms proliferation.
The Nigerien identified as Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau) was on the 13th of June 2025 apprehended alongside one Jabbi Alhaji Yalle and Kabiru Muhammad.
They were arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) Counter Terrorism Unit in connection with cross-border criminal activities bordering on arms trafficking and terrorism.
The suspects were subsequently arraigned on a case, marked SS/45c/2026 and presided over by Justice Muhammad Nuraddeen Bello of High Court No. 23, Sokoto.
Delivering judgment, Justice Bello found all three defendants guilty as charged and sentenced them to death by hanging.
The court, according to report, also ordered the forfeiture of all monetary exhibits recovered from the convicts to the Federal Government.
“The conviction is the latest in a series of successful prosecutions by the DSS in its sustained operations against terrorism and organised cross-border criminal networks across Nigeria,” Justice Bello said.
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