A High Court of Adamawa State on Thursday sentenced three persons to death for kidnapping two Catholic priests in February 2025.
Delivering judgment Justice Christopher Mapeo found the three men guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit kidnapping kidnapping conspiracy to commit armed robbery armed robbery harbouring a kidnapped person and negotiating to receive ransom for the release of
Reverend Fathers Matthew Dutsemi and Abraham Sauman.
The judge sentenced the three men Taledo Demiel Namomai Medan and Mikaila Yusuf to death for kidnapping armed robbery and other offences.
Thursday’s death sentence is the seventh secured by the DSS this year. On 20th May 2026 Ekiti High Court sentenced two men Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar to death by hanging for kidnapping.
About two weeks later on 3rd June 2026 a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced to death by hanging four men who in June 2022 massacred scores of worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic church Owo Ondo State.
The convicts are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza Alqasim Idris Jamiu Abdulmalik and Abdulkareem Idris.
Less than two weeks later on 15th June 2026 a Katsina High Court sentenced a female arms courier Hauwa’u Mukhtar to death by hanging.
The following day on 16th June 2026 a Kogi High Court sentenced Jibrin Halilu to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour in Obajana an industrial town in the state.
About a week after the Kogi sentencing on 22nd June 2026 a Sokoto High Court sentenced three persons Muhammed Yusuf Sallau Jabbi Ahlaji Yale and Kabiru Muhammed to death by hanging for terrorism and for transporting arms.
Less than three months later on 28th September 2026 a Sokoto High Court sentenced Ibrahim Usman aka Dan Iyali to death by hanging over his involvement in the killing of three kidnapped persons in the state.