The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has secured a death sentence against Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killing of three people in Sokoto State in September 2023.
Usman was convicted after facing a four-count charge before the High Court of Justice of Sokoto State, sitting in the Sokoto Judicial Division.
The charges included criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide punishable with death, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt without provocation.
The DSS said Usman was prosecuted alongside other suspects who are currently at large.
The latest conviction comes months after the security agency secured death sentences against three other men in Sokoto State over terrorism and arms proliferation charges.
The three convicts are Yusuf Muhammad, also known as Sallau, a Nigerien national; Jabbi Alhaji Yalle; and Kabiru Muhammad.
They were sentenced to death by hanging in June 2026 by the High Court of Justice, Sokoto.
The DSS said the trio were apprehended by its Counter Terrorism Unit in June 2025 in connection with alleged cross-border criminal activities involving arms trafficking and terrorism.
