US EditionA court in Nigeria sentences a top militant leader to 15 years on terror charges
Mahmud Usman admitted to illegal mining that funded Ansaru's arms purchases and kidnapping operations, marking a key development in disrupting terrorist financing in Nigeria.
- On Thursday, a judge in Abuja handed Mahmud Muhammed Usman a 15-year prison term for illegal mining, while he remains in custody awaiting trial on multiple terrorism-related charges.
- The sentencing followed allegations that Usman and co-defendant Abubakar Abba financed terrorism through millions made from kidnapping ransoms and unlawful mining.
- The Department of State Services arraigned the men on 32 terrorism-related counts, including coordinating violent attacks and receiving terror training abroad in Sudan and Mali.
- Justice Emeka Nwite ordered Usman and Abba to remain in DSS custody pending trial fixed for October 17, while Usman pleaded guilty to economic crime involving illegal mining.
- These developments highlight ongoing security challenges linked to Ansaru militants, who have been accused of bombing military targets and kidnapping officials in Niger State.
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Court in Nigeria sentences top militant leader to 15 years on terror charges
A Nigerian court has sentenced a top militant leader of an al-Qaida-linked group on the country’s most-wanted list to 15 years in prison for illegal mining and using the proceeds to fund terror attacks
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A court in Nigeria sentences a top militant leader to 15 years on terror charges
A Nigerian court has sentenced a top militant leader of an al-Qaida-linked group on the country’s most-wanted list to 15 years in prison for illegal mining and using the proceeds to fund terror attacks.
Terrorism: Ansaru leader jailed for 15 years
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced one of the two Ansaru leaders recently captured by the Department of State Services (DSS), Mahmud Muhammed Usman a.k.a Abu Bara’a, to 15 years for illegal mining. Bara’a, who hails from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, and Abubakar Abba aka Isah Adam or Mahmud Al-Nigeri, who hail from Daura, Katsina State, were arraigned by the DSS on a 32-count of terrorism and related offe…
Ansaru commander, Usman jailed 15 years for role in Kuje prison break
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in prison. Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, Abbas or Mukhtar, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of engaging in illegal mining and using the proceeds to procure arms for terrorism and kidnapping operations. Justice Emeka Nwite ordered that Usman remain in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, pending trial on 31 oth…
Why Court Sentenced Ansaru Commander To 15 Years Imprisonment In First Instance
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced Mahmud Usman, one of the proscribed terrorist organisation, Ansaru, to a 15-year imprisonment for illegal mining activities. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas Mukhtar, pleaded guilty to count 10 of the 32-count terrorism charges preferred against him and his deputy commander, Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Isah Adam/Mahmud Al-Nigeri. Justice Nwite …
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