A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced the mother and sister of slain terrorist kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to 40 years’ imprisonment each for supporting his terrorist activities.
Justice Hauwa Yilwa handed down the sentences against Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi after both women pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Battujo was killed by Nigerian security forces on June 10, 2026, following a failed mass abduction attempt and attack on students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in a forest near Iluke in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The two women were convicted on three of the five counts preferred against them, including aiding and abetting Battujo’s activities by passing information to him through telephone conversations, contrary to Section 26 of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Safiya, Battujo’s mother, was additionally convicted for concealing information about her son’s activities after visiting his forest camp and seeing him in possession of firearms.
