The three men were prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment of information and other related offences.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three suspects linked to the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offences.
Justice Salim Ibrahim handed down the judgment on the three convicts, identified as Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid; Yunusa Musa, also known as Yunusa Bin Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani, also known as Abu Itisar, ordering that their life sentences take effect from the date of their arrest.
The three men were prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment of information and other related offences.
Before the sentencing, counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, urging Justice Ibrahim to impose lighter sentences.
