Terrorism: Five sentenced to 25 years in prison for roles in Papiri school abduction

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five persons to 25 years in prison for the roles they played in the November 21, 2025 attack on St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri village, Niger State.
The convicts, among whom are two Nigeriens, admitted that they rendered assistance to terrorists who stormed the school on motorcycles and abducted students and teachers at gunpoint.
While about 50 of the students who were taken from their hostels managed to escape, the gunmen were said to have marched over 250 students for days into the Kainji Lake Reserve Forest.
Although all the abducted persons were rescued and reunite...