Justice Hauwa Yilwa of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their involvement in terrorism to 40 years in prison.
The convicted women — identified as one Safiya Salihu and one Halima Abdullahi — are said to be the mother and sister of suspected terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who was eliminated by Nigerian security forces on June 10, 2026, in a forest near Iluke in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Justice Yilwa handed the sentences after both women pleaded guilty to counts two, four and five of the five-count terrorism-related charge brought against them by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Both women escaped conviction on counts one and three, which bordered on receiving ₦490,300 from Battujo, fully aware it was proceeds of terrorism, as well as count three, which was on their sponsored holy pilgrimage with the proceeds of terrorism.
