SSS re-arraigns two jailed Ansarul leaders, three life-sentence terrorism convicts linked to Oyo school abduction
Three days later, Judge Ibrahim sentenced the three other newly charged defendants – Messrs Umar, Musa and Sani – to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to six of out 10 terrorism charges, including allegations of their complicity in the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State in May this year.
The defendants comprise two convicted Ansaru commanders and three other men recently convicted and jailed for their connection with the last May school abduction and killing of two victims in Oyo State The five men were arraigned before Judge Salim Ibrahim on pre-existiing charges and four fresh ones covering the impact of their alleged terror activities nationwide.
Wednesday’s fresh arraignment marks the first major step by the SSS after those announcements, with the agency bringing the two Ansaru commanders and the three Oriire convicts together in a new prosecution centred on the school abduction and the killing of two teachers.
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