DSS Set To Appeal Life Sentence On Ansaru Terror Commanders, Seeks Maximum Penalty

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…