FCT Court jails five for 25 years over Papiri School abduction in Niger, arms trafficking

The Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced five men to 25 years imprisonment each for their involvement in the November 21, 2025 attack on St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State. The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad, Goni Ibrahim Bindi, Sani Tukur, Mubarak Ibrahim, and Musa Alhaji Adamu, pleaded guilty to four terrorism-related charges including support for terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms. DSS operatives recovered 15 AK-47 rifles and 1,434 rounds of live ammunition hidden in sacks of dried fish inside a Volkswagen Golf car. The court ordered the forfeiture of the vehicle to the Federal Government.