Abubakar Abba, the commander of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, prosecuted for alleged terrorism by the Department of State Service (DSS), has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Abuja Federal High Court.
Abba, aka Abu Bara, bagged the life jail term along his
co-accused, Mahmud Usman aka Isah Adam/Mahmud on Monday when they pleaded
guilty to the 32-count terrorism charge brought against them by the DSS on
behalf of the Federal Government.
Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the jail term while
delivering judgment in the case.
The two convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment in
counts 30 and 31 while they were sentenced to 20 years in the rest of the
charges.
The judge ordered that the jail term on the other counts
should commence from the date of their arrest.
The convicts were arrested in separate operations between
May and July 2025 by the DSS.
They were slammed with a 32-count terrorism charge,
including terrorism and terrorism financing, kidnapping for ransom, illegal
mining, funding terrorism, fabricating Improvised Explosive Devices, IED, among
other charges.
They were accused of coordinating sleeper cells, attacks,
and ties to groups in the Sahel/Maghreb.
On arraignment, Usman had pleaded guilty to one count of
illegal mining for funding terrorism/arms and was sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment.
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