By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned until July 20 the trial of two alleged commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group.
The defendants, Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, and Abubakar Abba, popularly called Mahmud Al-Nigeri or Isah Adam/Mallam Mamuda, are answering to terrorism charges preferred against them by the Department of the State Service (DSS).
Ansaru, a breakaway faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group, was linked to several high-profile attacks and kidnappings across the country.
The DSS, in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/464/2025, alleged that Usman, who is from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, and Abba, who is from Daura LGA of Katsina State, aided and abetted terrorist attacks that occurred in the country between 2013 and 2015.
