A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Halima Haliru Umar, a nursing mother, to 20 years’ imprisonment for terrorism-related offences after she pleaded guilty to possessing 302 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and attempting to support acts of terrorism.
Halima was convicted on two counts out of a four-count charge filed against her by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Delivering judgement on Friday, Hauwa Yilwa, the presiding judge, held that the defendant admitted to the offences by pleading guilty during her arraignment on May 11.
The cable
