Kebbi court convictions reported in terrorism and theft cases

A Federal High Court in Birnin Kebbi convicted people in cases involving terrorism-related offences, illegal firearms possession and electricity-cable theft, according to the Kebbi State Police Command. The police said the prosecutions took 17 months, but reports give differing totals for the number convicted: 19 in most accounts and 18 in another. The supplied information does not resolve the difference. Police said Aliyu Hadari and Umar Musa Uzzi were convicted on three counts related to terrorism, including providing logistical support to an armed terrorist group and conspiracy to commit terrorism. The court sentenced each to 15 years on each count under the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022. Police said the men were intercepted on Yauri Road in a vehicle allegedly acquired to transport kidnapped victims to a forest hideout. The court ordered the vehicle and a Bajaj motorcycle forfeited to the Federal Government because of their connection to the offences. The police also reported 11 convictions for unlawful possession of firearms and said 11 weapons were recovered during investigations. The group included Ripin Liu, a Chinese national sentenced to six years...