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The proceedings of the Ansaru leaders, Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba, connected coercion charges, has been fixed for November 19 by the Federal High Court successful Abuja.
The proceedings scheduled to clasp October 21 was shifted to November 19 by Justice Emeka Nwite, pursuing the lack of Counsel to DSS, Mohammed Abubakar.
The lawyer had successful a missive to the registrar of the tribunal apologised for his inability to beryllium successful tribunal and sought an adjournment to alteration him to beryllium contiguous to behaviour the trial.
Following nary objection to the request, Justice Nwite subsequently fixed November 19 for the proceedings of the 2 defendants.
During the past proceedings, the tribunal sentenced 1 of the 2 defendants, Mahmud Muhammed Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a, to 15 imprisonment years for amerciable mining.
Usman who hails from Okene section authorities country of Kogi State and Abubakar Abba a.k.a Isah Adam oregon Mahmud Al-Nigeri, who hails from Daura, Katsina State, were arraigned by the DSS connected 32 counts of coercion and related offences.
Of the 32 counts, Usman, who was the archetypal defendant, had pleaded blameworthy to Count 10, which was connected amerciable mining. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite,m consequently convicted him of the transgression and sentenced him to 15 years successful prison.
The 2nd suspected Ansaru Commander, Abubakar Abba, who was arraigned alongside the convict, however, denied the economical sabotage offence.
Usman and Abubakar Abba were enactment connected proceedings connected coercion charges by the DSS, but Usman pleaded blameworthy to number 10 successful the 32 number charges which bothered connected economical crime.
While Abubakar Abba pleaded not blameworthy to the 32 number charges connected terorism offences, Usman denied 31 counts.
At the arraignment proceedings, the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mohammed Babadoko Abubakar, alleged successful the charges that the 2 defendants committed the transgression betwixt 2015 and 2024.
Among others, they were accused of bombing Wawa Military Cantonment successful Borgu section authorities country of Niger State, receiving grooming successful limb handling and fabrication of improvised explosive devices.
The information bureau alleged that they belonged to overseas panic groups, engaged coercion financing, kidnapping and receiving grooming connected warfare tactics from a violent organisation successful Mali.
In different charges, DSS accused them of kidnapping a Custom serviceman and different Immigration Officer who was killed portion successful their custody.
The Secret Police claimed that the accused persons collected ransom moving into millions of naira from families of their victims earlier the agelong arms of the DSS captured them.
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