FG to arraign two captured Ansaru commanders

The Federal Government will, connected Thursday, arraign the 2 apical leaders of the Ansaru violent group, an Al-Qaeda affiliated network, astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja.

The 2 commanders are Mahmud Muhammed Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas Mukhtar; and his deputy, Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Isah Adam/Mahmud Al-Nigeri.

Abu Bara’a and Mahmud Al-Nigeri, popularly called Mallam Mamuda, volition beryllium arraigned earlier Justice Emeka Nwite connected a 32-count complaint bordering connected terrorism.

While Abu Bara’a is the archetypal defendant, Mahmud Al-Nigeri is the 2nd suspect successful the complaint marked FHC/ABJ/CR/464/2025.

The complaint was dated and filed connected September 4 by M.B. Abubakar, the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, connected behalf of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

In number one, Abu Bara’a, who hails from Okene Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi and Mahmud Al-Nigeri from Daura LGA of Katsina State were alleged to person aided and abetted the acts of terrorism, sometimes betwixt 2013 and 2015.

The duo were accused of conspiring amongst themselves and agreeing to beryllium portion of the enactment and apical commanders of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimeena Fii Bilaadis Sudan (a.k.a. JAMBS/Ansaru, a proscribed violent organisation successful Nigeria.

“You thereby perpetrate an offence contrary to and punishable nether Section 17 of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act, 2013 and punishable nether the aforesaid Section of the Act,” the complaint work successful part.

Counts 3 and 4 accused the defendants of receiving grooming successful weapons handling and grooming connected the fabrication of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from assorted violent camps.

Count 5 alleged that they committed an enactment preparatory to acts of coercion by receiving grooming connected warfare tactics from Jama’atu Nusratil Islami Wal Muslimin, a.k.a. JNIM, a violent radical successful Mali.

Also, number 7 accused the suspects of contributing to the onslaught connected Wawa Cantonment of the Nigerian Army successful Kainji, New-Bussa, Borgu LGA of Niger, sometime successful 2022, resulting successful wide casualties, among the 32 counts.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abu Bara’s and Mahmud Al-Nigeri were precocious captured during a high-risk, intelligence-led cognition conducted by Nigeria’s information and quality services betwixt May and July 2025.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, made the announcement connected Aug. 16 portion briefing the newsmen successful Abuja.

Ribadu said the arrested men had been connected some nationalist and planetary panic ticker lists.

The Ansaru violent radical was said to beryllium liable for a drawstring of high-profile attacks and kidnappings crossed the country.

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