DSS to re-arraign five alleged Ansaru terrorists over Oriire kidnap, killings Sept 17
The Department of State Services, DSS, will on Thursday, September 17 re-arraign five men accused of complicity in the May 15 kidnap of pupils and teachers in the Oriire Local Government of Oyo State and subsequent killing of two of the victims. They are to be arraigned on a 6-count amended charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2026 just filed […] DSS to re-arraign five alleged Ansaru terrorists over…
The Department of State Services (DSS) announced on September 17 that it will re-arraign five men accused of involvement in the kidnapping of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government of Oyo State on May 15 and subsequent killing of two victims. The five individuals are to be arraigned on a 6-count amended charge, FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2026, filed by the DSS on behalf of the federal government.
The suspects, all members of the terrorist group Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (ANSARU), are Mahmud Muhammad, Abubakar Abbas, Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani. The arraignment was initially scheduled for September 16 but was postponed due to the accused persons' insistence on choosing their own lawyers.
At the previous hearing, Mahmud Muhammad objected to the first lawyer, Bala Dakum, continuing to defend them, but the DPPF, Rotimi Oyedepo, respected their right to choose their own legal representation. Justice Salim Ibrahim resolved to shift the fresh arraignment to September 17 and ordered the accused persons to contact their lawyers to prepare for their defense.
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