The Department of State Services says it will appeal Monday’s life sentences for two senior Ansaru commanders, calling the punishment too lenient, as troops arrested two more foreign fighters in Borno.
A DSS official said it was suspicious that commanders Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba nearly pleaded guilty months ago, then changed course after Ansaru-linked kidnappers abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo’s Oriire community, demanding the commanders’ release.
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