๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง, ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ ๐งร๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ง
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their involvement with terrorism to forty years in prison.
The convicted women, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, are mother and sister respectively of the terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who was eliminated by Nigerian security forces, on June 10, 2026, in a forest near Iluke in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State,
Justice Hauwa Joseph Yilwa handed the sentences after both women pleaded guilty to Counts 2, 4 and 5 of the five-count terrorism-related charge brought against them by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Both women escaped conviction on Counts 1 and 3, which bordered on they receiving N490,300 from Battujo, fully aware it was proceeds of terrorism, as well as Count 3, which was on their sponsored holy pilgrimage with the proceeds of terrorism. The Director of Public Prosecution, Oyedepo Rotimi, SAN, urged the court to strike out both counts, but convict them on the others.
According to Count 2, both women
"aided and abetted the activities of Battujo, a known bandit Kingpin and passed information through telephone conversations to the said Battujo, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 26 of the terrorism (Prevention Prohibition) Act, 2022."
In addition to pleading guilty to Count 2, Battujo's mum pleaded guilty to Count 5 which bordered on concealment of information on the terrorism activities of her son.
On her part, Halima, who is sister of the eliminated terrorist kingpin, in addition to pleading guilty to Count 2, also pleaded guilty to Count 4 which also bordered on
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