Katsina: Woman sentenced to death for aiding bandits

A Federal High Court in Katsina has sentenced a woman, Hauwa’u Mukhtar, to death by hanging after finding her guilty of terrorism-related offences. Mukhtar was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit terrorism and aiding and abetting terrorist activities. She was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on September […]

A Federal High Court in Katsina has sentenced a woman, Hauwa’u Mukhtar, to death by hanging after finding her guilty of terrorism-related offences.

Mukhtar was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit terrorism and aiding and abetting terrorist activities.

She was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on September 16, 2023, at Jibia Motor Park in Katsina State while allegedly attempting to ammunition to a suspected bandit leader.

The DSS had subsequently arraigned her.

Delivering judgment, Justice A.B. Bawale held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt through evidence, exhibits and witness testimonies presented during the trial.

The court subsequently found Mukhtar guilty on both counts and sentenced her to death by hanging in line with the provisions of the Katsina State Penal Code Law, 2021.

The development comes two weeks after a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced four men arrested by the DSS to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022, terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, which claimed over 40 lives.