The Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday, re-arraigned two convicted Ansaru commanders and three other convicted members before the Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in the killing of two teachers during the 2026 attack on schools in Oyo State.
The five defendants appeared before Justice Salim Ibrahim on fresh terrorism charges despite having recently been sentenced to life imprisonment in separate cases.
They are Mahmud Muhammad, also known as Abu Bara’a or Abbas Mukhtar, described by the DSS as the leader of Ansaru; Abubakar Abbas, also known as Isah Adam or Mahmud al-Nigeri, who is said to be the group’s deputy; Abdulrazak Umar; Yunusa Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani.
Muhammad and Abbas were sentenced to life imprisonment on July 20 after pleading guilty to a 32-count terrorism charge. In a separate judgment delivered on July 23, Justice Ibrahim also sentenced Umar, Musa and Sani to
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