Sokoto Court sentences three terrorists to death for arms trafficking

By Musa Ubandawaki
SOKOTO — A High Court in Sokoto State has sentenced three convicted terrorists, including a foreign national, to death by hanging for terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking.
The convicts, identified as Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, a citizen of Niger Republic, Yusuf Muhammad, popularly known as Sallau, and Kabiru Muhammad, were found guilty following a prosecution initiated by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Delivering judgment in suit number SS/45C/2026, Justice Nuraddeen Muhammed Bello of High Court No. 23, Sokoto, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt through evidence and witness testimonies presented before the court....