The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to forty years in prison each.
The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were found to have passed information through telephone conversations to Battujo in aid of his terrorist acts, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 26 of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Justice Hauwa Yilwa, also convicted the two women for concealing information by failing to disclose Battujo’s activities to law enforcement to enable his apprehension.
It was established that they had visited the bandit kingpin’s camp in the forest, where they saw him in possession of firearms, but failed to disclose this information to security agencies.
The defenders pleaded guilty for counts 2, 4, and 5 of a five-count terrorism-related charge brought against them by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
However, the court discharged them on counts 1 and 3 of the charge, which alleged that they had received ₦490,300 from Battujo while aware that the funds were proceeds of terrorism.
Battujo, a notorious bandit, was killed by security forces on June 10, 2026, in a forest near Iluke in the Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
