The convicts, Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan and Mikaila Yusuf, had been sentenced on Thursday by Justice Christopher Mapeo after the court discovered them responsible of a number of offences linked to the kidnapping.
The offences included felony conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit armed theft, armed theft, harbouring kidnapped individuals and negotiating to obtain ransom.
The Department of State Services, DSS, mentioned the judgment dropped at seven the variety of death sentences it had secured in 2026.
On May 20, an Ekiti State High Court sentenced Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar to death by hanging for kidnapping.
On June 3, a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced 4 males to death by hanging over their involvement in the June 2022 assault on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.
The convicts had been recognized as Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Alqasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik and Abdulkareem Idris.
On June 15, a Katsina State High Court sentenced Hauwa’u Mukhtar, described as a feminine arms courier, to death by hanging.
The following day, a Kogi State High Court sentenced Jibrin Halilu to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour in Obajana.
On June 22, a Sokoto State High Court sentenced three males, Muhammed Yusuf Sallau, Jabbi Ahlaji Yale and Kabiru Muhammed to death by hanging for terrorism and transporting arms.
On September 28, one other Sokoto State High Court sentenced Ibrahim Usman, popularly identified as Dan Iyali, to death by hanging over his involvement in the killing of three kidnapped individuals.
The newest judgment provides to the collection of capital sentences handed down by courts in instances involving kidnapping, terrorism, armed violence and different critical crimes.
However, the sentences stay topic to relevant authorized procedures, together with any appeals and the constitutional necessities governing the implementation of death sentences in Nigeria.
