Alleged Terrorism: Female gunrunner bags 20-year jail term

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced a female gunrunner, Halima Haliru, to a 20-year prison term after she pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges.
The convict was in July 2025, arrested in Plateau State by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. 
At the time of her arrest, she was found in possession of 302 live rounds of 7.62×39 mm ammunition.
She pleaded guilty to two of the four counts the DSS preferred against her. 
Consequently, trial Justice Hauwa Yilwa convicted and jailed her in accordance with the provisions of the law. 
The trial judge, in passing the sentence, said she took judicial notice ...