The Department of State Services, DSS, says it will appeal the life prison sentence handed out to three men arrested for their role in the abduction of school pupils and teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The secret police said it was not satisfied with the
verdict, stating that the sentence is not commensurate with the crimes
committed.
According to the DSS, the beheading of two teachers by
members of the terrorist organisation involved in the abduction is a capital
offense which should attract the death sentence.
Recall that Justice Salim Ibrahim on Thursday
sentenced the men to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to belonging
to Darul Salam, an affiliate of the Ansaru terrorist organisation; concealing
information on the kidnapping; and inciting through religious ideology.
The convicts include Abdulrazak Umar, alias Abu Khalifa/Abu
Khalid; Yunusa Musa, alias Yunusa Bin Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani, alias Abu
Itisar.
Abdulrazak Umar, alias Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid, pleaded
guilty to counts 7, 8, 9 and 10, which bordered on training and passing
instructions and inciting terror group members on a particular religious
ideology.
They were put on trial by the DSS on a 10-count charge
bordering on kidnapping, concealment of information, and terrorism-related
offences, contrary to Section 16(1) of the Terrorism (Prevention and
Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The charges stated that the defendants, all from Niger
State, knowingly withheld information about individuals linked to terrorist
activities, participated in kidnapping, and used a messaging platform to
facilitate terrorist training.
The three defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment on
Count 6. Abdulrazak Umar was sentenced to life imprisonment on Count 7; life
imprisonment on Count 9 and a life sentence on Count 10.
Last week, a Federal High Court in Abuja handed life
sentences to two top commanders of the Ansaru terrorist organization – Mahmud
Muhammad Usman (Abu Bara’a) and deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri (Mallam Mamuda).
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