A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, the mother and sister of slain terrorist kingpin, Ibrahim Battujo, to 40 years imprisonment each for aiding his terrorist operations.
Justice Hauwa Yilwa imposed the sentences after the two women admitted to terrorism-related offences filed against them by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Battujo was killed by security forces on June 10, 2026, following a failed mass abduction 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, 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, the mother, was additionally convicted for concealing information about her son’s activities after visiting his forest camp and seeing him in possession of firearms.
