The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced two commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated organisation, to life imprisonment.
The duo pleaded guilty to terrorism charges filed against them by the Department of State Services on behalf of the Federal Government.
The convicts, Mahmud Usman, also known as Isah Adam, and Abubakar Abba, alias Abu Bara, were convicted by Justice Emeka Nwite after admitting guilt to a 32-count charge bordering on terrorism, terrorism financing and related offences.
Justice Nwite sentenced both men to life imprisonment on counts 30 and 31 of the charge.
He also imposed 20 years’ imprisonment on each of the remaining counts and ordered that the jail terms should run from the dates of their arrest.
