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Alex Enumah in Abuja
The federal government has re-arraigned two convicted Ansaru terror commanders and three others, who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment over offences bordering on kidnapping and terrorism.
They were re-arraigned yesterday before Justice Salim Ibrahim of a Federal High Court, Abuja, over their alleged involvement in the killings of two teachers, among seven teachers and 39 students abducted recently in Oyo State.
Those re-arraigned included Mahmud Usman Muhammad a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas Mukhtar, the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Abubakar Abbas, a.k.a Isah Adam/Mahmud al-Nigeri/Malam Mamuda, who is the deputy and chief of staff to Bara'a.
The others were Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa) and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar).
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on July…
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