US EditionNine arraigned for deadly attack in Nigeria that killed over 150
Suspects face death or life imprisonment for a coordinated terror attack that killed about 150 people, involving planning, fundraising, and arms procurement, prosecutors said.
- At the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, the federal government arraigned nine suspects linked to the June 2025 Yelwata attack, with 57 counts read to them, prosecutors say.
- The prosecution says the suspects carried out the 13 June 2025 attack in Yelwata, Benue State, burning many homes and massacring about 150 people.
- Court filings show the initial case filed on 10 September 2025 was substituted with amended charges filed on 20 January and Yakubu Mamman's name was struck out after defence counsel did not oppose.
- The prosecution applied that the 57 counts be read to the defendants for plea, with penalties including death or life imprisonment, Kamarudeen Ogundele said on Sunday.
- Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis with an insurgency in the northeast and a recent surge in kidnappings, while the U.S. has pledged military equipment over the past five years to support counterterror efforts.
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Yelwata Killings: Suspects Remanded In Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded nine suspects linked to the attack on a Benue State community at the Nigeria Correctional Service centre in Kuje. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Monday remanded them in custody following the plea-taking in the trial. The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice arraigned the nine suspects: Ardo Lawal Mohammed Dono, Ardo Muhammadu Saidu, Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, Yakubu Adamu…
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UpstractNigeria charges nine with 2025 massacre that killed 150
ABUJA, Feb 2 - Nigerian prosecutors filed 57 terrorism-related charges on Monday against nine men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Yelwata community in Nigeria's central Benue state in June 2025 that killed about 150 people. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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