Terrorism: Sokoto Court Sentences Three, Including Nigerien National, to Death by Hanging
A High Court in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism and arms proliferation offences.
The convicts, identified as Yusuf Muhammad, also known as Sallau, a Nigerien national, Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, and Kabiru Muhammad, were arrested on June 13, 2025, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) Counter-Terrorism Unit.
According to security sources, the suspects were apprehended in connection with cross-border criminal activities involving arms trafficking and terrorism.
The trial, marked SS/45C/2026, was heard before Justice Muhammad Nuraddeen Bello of High Court No. 23 in Sokoto.
Delivering judgment, Justice Bello found the three defendants guilty on all counts and sentenced them to death by hanging.
The court also ordered that all monetary exhibits recovered from the convicts during investigations be forfeited to the Federal Government.
The conviction marks another major success in the DSS’s ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, arms proliferation, and organised cross-border criminal networks operating within and around Nigeria.
Security authorities described the judgment as a significant step in strengthening the country’s counter-terrorism campaign and curbing the activities of criminal groups involved in the illegal movement of weapons across national borders.
