Oyo school abduction: Suspects plead not guilty to amended charges

The Department of State Services has re-arraigned five suspected members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, also known as Ansaru, over the alleged abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The defendants, including Mahmud Muhammad, Abubakar Abbas, Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani, were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a seven-count amended charge.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include conspiracy to kidnap, aiding the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers, concealing information about an imminent terrorist attack, and causing the deaths of two victims.

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