Federal High Court jails woman 10 years for supplying arms to bandits

Raya Haruna has been convicted and sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting successful Kano to 10 years’ imprisonment for transporting arms and ammunition to bandits operating successful immoderate parts of Northern Nigeria.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, delivered the judgement aft uncovering the suspect blameworthy connected a three-count complaint bordering connected the unlawful proscription of firearms and the proviso of logistical enactment to transgression elements.

The charges were brought nether the Firearms Act and the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, which criminalise the unlawful possession, question and proviso of firearms, arsenic good arsenic the proviso of worldly enactment oregon assistance to violent groups and related transgression networks.

Raya Haruna was arrested by information operatives successful 2024 during an cognition aimed astatine disrupting the question of weapons to bandits terrorising communities successful parts of Kano State and neighbouring areas.

Since her arrest, the convict had remained successful custody portion facing proceedings earlier the Federal High Court connected allegations linked to the proscription of arms and ammunition f...