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DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Pakute(op): 6:02pm On Jul 21

•A senior official of the DSS said that the security agency considers the life sentence as too light a punishment for the crimes allegedly committed by the Ansaru commanders.

The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to appeal Monday’s life sentence handed to two top commanders of the Ansaru terror organisation by a Federal High Court, Abuja.

Justice Emeka Nwite had, shortly after Mahmud Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Mahmud al-Nigeri/Malam Mamuda, pleaded guilty to all the 32-count charges against them, sentenced both men to life imprisonment.

However, a top official of the DSS said the security agency considered the life sentence as too light a punishment for the crimes allegedly committed by the Ansaru commanders.

The official said the Service found it curious that both convicts were on the verge of pleading guilty to the charges, but changed their minds shortly after some persons believed to be members of the same Ansaru organisation kidnapped pupils and teachers in Oriire, Oyo State.

“For the nearly 60 days the kidnappers held on to the pupils and teachers of Oriire, the Ansaru commanders in our custody changed.

“One of the top conditions the abductors gave was the unconditional release of these same Ansaru commanders in exchange for the Oriire kidnap victims,” the DSS official said.

“From ‘not guilty plea,’ the two men, at the penultimate court session, said they were undecided on what plea to take. Justice Nwite even had to hand them an ultimatum to make up their minds on or before Monday’s sitting.

“After the Oriire rescue, they came to court to plead guilty to all the charges,” the official added.

According to the top official, allowing the two terror commanders to walk away with life sentences would not serve the cause of justice for the two Oriire teachers beheaded by their abductors.

“The reason the terrorists beheaded the two Oriire teachers was to put pressure on the government to release these two Ansaru commanders. It, therefore, wouldn’t be fair to see two men beheaded and their families made to live with the losses without adequately bringing the culprits to book,” the official said.

The Federal High Court in Abuja had sentenced two senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, an al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist organisation, to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to multiple terrorism-related offences.

Justice Nwite handed down the sentence after convicting them on a 32-count charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) on behalf of the Federal Government.

The charges included terrorism, terrorism financing, kidnapping for ransom, illegal mining, fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and other offences linked to terrorist operations.

The court sentenced both men to life imprisonment on counts 30 and 31, while imposing additional 20-year prison terms on the remaining counts. Justice Nwite ordered that the sentences on the other counts should take effect from the date of their arrest.

https://www.channelstv.com/2026/07/20/dss-set-to-appeal-life-sentence-on-ansaru-terror-commanders-seeks-maximum-penalty/

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Pakute(op): 6:05pm On Jul 21*

How could they plead guilty to ALL the 32 count charges yet you handed them such a light sentence?. To completely stamp out terrorism, the judiciary has to be very brutal in their judgements.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by dododawa1: 7:11pm On Jul 21

Open field shooting will have be

Best option

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by OSPRO: 7:11pm On Jul 21

omotoso is taking orders from terrorists na.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by JASONjnr(m): 7:11pm On Jul 21

Pakute:
How could they pleaded guilty to ALL the 32 count charges yet you handed them such a light sentence?. To completely stamp out terrorism, the judiciary has to be very brutal in their judgements.

Life sentence is a light sentence?

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by NosyParrot: 7:12pm On Jul 21

All terrorist commanders in Nigeria including that albino in Sokoto prison should be sentenced to death!

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Fuckyoumod: 7:13pm On Jul 21

The judiciary isn't bothered about insecurity and terrorism because they rarely become targets and victims of criminals and terrorists.

This is why they just set this terrorists free by handing light sentences to an established terrorists.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Gotocourt: 7:13pm On Jul 21

Condemn, death row. They're finished men.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Omoawoke(m): 7:14pm On Jul 21

Who’s the terrorist judge that gave him life sentence??

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by jojothaiv(m): 7:14pm On Jul 21

Death would've been more lighter since they were in lighter mood when they behead those teachers.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by teekrackz(m): 7:15pm On Jul 21

JASONjnr:
Life sentence is a light sentence?

The reason DSS wants that death sentence is to guard against Prison break because as long as those guys dey jail the terrorist go always wan break dem out

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by AndroBlaze: 7:16pm On Jul 21

Pakute:
How could they plead guilty to ALL the 32 count charges yet you handed them such a light sentence?. To completely stamp out terrorism, the judiciary has to be very brutal in their judgements.

We all have to be serious if we want to end terrorism in this country.

Justice Nwite or whatever he calls himself, should leave the bench and go and join politicians if he wants to be cuddling terrorists.

Please DSS, don't be discouraged and go ahead and appeal.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by DMCA: 7:18pm On Jul 21

Nice, make dem consider d arrest of God1000 too
it is likely that he is part of logistics and an informant cool

this thing wey i talk fit sound like joke to some people

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by PDPdestroyer(m): 7:18pm On Jul 21

But Obidients said none of the terrorists were arrested, how is an arraignment and conviction possible without an arrest?….2027 can’t come soon enough, so that sanity can be restored to our cyber space

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by runsapp(f): 7:18pm On Jul 21

Una de muzz me for this app o. But everywhere good shaa. When una go seek death penalty for Tinubu

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by DMCA: 7:20pm On Jul 21

runsapp:
Una de muzz me for this app o. But everywhere good shaa. When una go seek death penalty for Tinubu

kai
nairaland no be app
x

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by PDPdestroyer(m): 7:20pm On Jul 21

Pakute:
How could they plead guilty to ALL the 32 count charges yet you handed them such a light sentence?. To completely stamp out terrorism, the judiciary has to be very brutal in their judgements.

The judge probably handed down that sentence, so that Kanu doesn’t get a death sentence when his appeal is heard. Na the same offense dem commit

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Watcharena: 7:21pm On Jul 21

Yes it's is another president can come and pardon them, again their members can kidnap important personalities and demand their swap with their leaders that are jailed

JASONjnr:
Life sentence is a light sentence?

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by faceland: 7:22pm On Jul 21*

If DSS recommend death penalty, you better know that man is really a risky/dangerous man.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Adebisi444: 7:22pm On Jul 21

I wonder how they measure justics when in the court sef. These people killed naw... And you want federal government to start feeding them for life or till one government free them. Nawa oo

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Adebisi444: 7:23pm On Jul 21

JASONjnr:
Life sentence is a light sentence?

Do you want Government to start wasting tax payer money feeding them. It's wrong.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by ALLNIGERIANSMAD(m): 7:24pm On Jul 21

Pakute:
How could they plead guilty to ALL the 32 count charges yet you handed them such a light sentence?. To completely stamp out terrorism, the judiciary has to be very brutal in their judgements.

The Judiciary itself needed to be disbanded and overhaul, they sabotage the efforts of security forces, all the judges we have today in Nigeria need to be locked up

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by atobs4real(m): 7:27pm On Jul 21

That judge may be on drug.
They agreed to all changes and u failed to give them death penalty

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Sonofgod1990(m): 7:27pm On Jul 21

NosyParrot:
All terrorist commanders in Nigeria including that albino in Sokoto prison should be sentenced to death!

Albino that is still better than your g e ne ra tion?

Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by WorkTheTalk(m): 7:28pm On Jul 21*

In Nigeria, terrorism offences carry severe punishments under the Terrorism (Prevention) Act and its subsequent amendments, ranging from a minimum of 20 years in prison to life imprisonment or death, depending on the severity of the crime.

Why in God's name would a court give a life sentence to terrorists commanders who slaughtered their victims, wiped out families, killed military officers, destroyed communities, institutions etc?

Isn't it possible that the life sentence to the terrorists commanders is what the FG agreed with the terrorists before the Kidnapped Oyo teachers and students were released?

The initial demand by the terrorists was for the commanders to be released from detention. With this life sentence, soon there would be jail break, and those commanders would escaped.

There is no evil scheming this Tinubu’s government is incapable of.

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Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by Babangidapikin: 7:31pm On Jul 21

DSS don't nedd appeal the sentences, let them face the punishment for their crimes and hopefully repent ..provide the madness in orire won't repeat itself.

Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by JuanDeDios: 7:31pm On Jul 21

Pakute:
•A senior official of the DSS said that the security agency considers the life sentence as too light a punishment for the crimes allegedly committed by the Ansaru commanders.

https://www.channelstv.com/2026/07/20/dss-set-to-appeal-life-sentence-on-ansaru-terror-commanders-seeks-maximum-penalty/

DSS no get joy. Them say life no do. Lol.

Re: DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Deåth Penalty by JuanDeDios: 7:32pm On Jul 21

WorkTheTalk:
A senior official of the DSS said that the security agency considers the life sentence as too light a punishment for the crimes allegedly committed by the Ansaru commanders.

It seems DSS doesn't understand the psychology of Islamists. Killing them doesn't deter future terrorists, it even fuels them, as they too would like to go to heaven for their rewards. A life imprisonment is the worst punishment for an Islamist terrorist.

DSS should take the win and not waste tax payer's money on chasing the death penalty.

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