A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism and arms proliferation.
The convicts are Yusuf Muhammad, also known as Sallau, a Nigerien; Jabbi Alhaji Yalle; and Kabiru Muhammad.
The three were arrested on June 13, 2025, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) Counter-Terrorism Unit over alleged involvement in cross-border crimes, arms trafficking and terrorism.
Justice Bello found the defendants guilty on all charges brought against them and sentenced them to death by hanging.
The court also ordered that all money recovered from the convicts be forfeited to the Federal Government.
The ruling comes amid a series of recent terrorism and violent crime convictions linked to DSS operations across the country.
Just a week earlier, a Federal High Court in Katsina sentenced a female arms courier, Hauwa’u Mukhtar, to death after she was arrested by the DSS while allegedly transporting 438 rounds of ammunition to a bandit kingpin.
In a separate case, a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik and Abdulhaleem Idris to death for their roles in the deadly attack on worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.
More than 40 worshippers were killed in the attack.
Last week, a Kogi State High Court in Lokoja also sentenced Jibrin Halilu to death by hanging after convicting him of conspiracy, kidnapping and the murder of a hotelier in Obajana, Kogi State.
Halilu was also arrested by the DSS before being charged in court.
