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Court sentences bandit leader's mother, sister to 20 years

Published 19 June 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced the mother and sister of a slain bandit leader to 20 years imprisonment each for terrorism-related offences. The women, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, pleaded guilty to aiding and concealing the activities of Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who was killed by security fo...

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