The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured the death sentence of a notorious kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, popularly known as Dan Iyali, in Sokoto State.
Usman was convicted by the High Court of Justice of Sokoto State, sitting in the Sokoto Judicial Division, for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of three persons in September 2023.
He was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide punishable with death, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt without provocation.
The court found him guilty on all counts, while other suspects linked to the case are still at large.
The conviction comes as part of ongoing efforts by the DSS to combat kidnapping and violent crimes in the North-West and across the country.
