Investigation
Sokoto High Court slams de@th sentence on three men arrested by DSS for terrorism and arms trafficking
Justice Muhammad Bello of a High Court sitting in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national, to de@th by hanging, following their conviction on charges bordering on terror!sm and arms proliferation.
The convicts identified as Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau), a Nigerien; Jabbi Alhaji Yalle; and Kabiru Muhammad, were apprehended on June 13th, 2025, by the Department of State Services (DSS) Counter Terrorism Unit in connection with cross-border criminal activities bordering on arms trafficking and terror!sm.
Delivering judgment in the case marked SS/45c/2026, Justice Bello found all three defendants guilty as charged and sentenced them to de@th by hanging. The court also ordered the forfeiture of all monetary exhibits recovered from the convicts to the Federal Government.
“The conviction is the latest in a series of successful prosecutions by the DSS in its sustained operations against terrorism and organised cross-border criminal networks across Nigeria,” Justice Bello said
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