The Federal government has actually submitted a 10-count charge versus 3 men over the abduction of students and instructors in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The suspects, recognized as Abdulrazak Umar (also called Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (likewise referred to as Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (likewise called Abu Itisar), were charged before the Federal High Court in Abuja on accusations verging on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, incitement and illegal mining.
According to the charge sheet, the offenders, all from Suleja Local Government Location of Niger State, presumably conspired with three other suspects recognized as Muhammad Sani, Jibril Mohammed and Ibrahim Khabab in between January and May 2026 to kidnap schoolchildren and instructors in Oyo State.
The Federal government further declared that the trio helped the kidnapping and deliberately hidden info about the identities and activities of the alleged masterminds in spite of understanding the plot, offenses said to be in infraction of appropriate provisions of the Terrorism (Prevention and Restriction) Act.
Prosecutors also implicated the three men of professing subscription of Darul Salam, referred to as an affiliate of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Ansaru), a proscribed terrorist organisation in Nigeria.
In addition, the very first accused, Abdulrazak Umar, is implicated of offering training and directions to terrorists and using a WhatsApp group titled “The Oneness of Allah is the Foundation of Peace” to incite members to devote acts of terrorism, contrary to the Terrorism Act and the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so on) Act, 2015.
Umar also deals with a separate charge of apparently engaging in illegal gold mining at streams in the Chaza location of Suleja City government Area between 2024 and 2026, an offence stated to contravene the Miscellaneous Offences Act.
The 3 defendants are anticipated to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja next week to answer the charges.