Department of State Services DSS has Secured another Death Penalty On Suspect Involved In Kidnap and Killing of Three Persons In Sokoto, 2023.
The Security Agency secured the death-penalty against Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killing of three persons in Sokoto State in September 2023.
Usman faced a four-count charge before the High Court of Justice of Sokoto state, Sokoto Judicial Division, alongside other suspects who are currently at large. The charges bordered on criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide punishable with death, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt without provocation.
In a related development,the Department has arraigned four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its operative, Ekpeyong Asuquo Owoh.
The defendants — Michael Okafor, Chinedu Joseph Chukwudozie, Chibunna Olisa and Chigozie Olisa, were arraigned on a six-count charge before Joyce Abdulmalik, judge of the federal high court in Abuja.
They were charged with offences bordering on terrorism, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.
