Terrorism: Bandit kingpin’s mum, sister bag 40-year jail terms

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to forty years in prison each.
The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were found to have passed information through telephone conversations to Battujo in aid of his terrorist acts, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 26 of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Hauwa Yilwa, also convicted the two women for concealing information by failing to disclose Battujo’s activities to law enforcement or security agents as soo...