{"id":178537,"date":"2025-09-11T22:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years"},"modified":"2025-09-11T23:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:46:44","slug":"ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years","title":{"rendered":"Ansaru Commander Usman Sentenced to 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Usman, also known as Abu Bara\u2019a, Abbas or Mukhtar, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of engaging in illegal mining and using the proceeds to procure arms for terrorism and kidnapping operations.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Emeka Nwite ordered that Usman remain in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, pending trial on 31 other terrorism-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>Usman, who referred to himself as the \u201cEmir of Ansaru,\u201d was arraigned alongside his deputy and chief of staff, Mahmud al-Nigeri, also known as Malam Mamuda.<\/p>\n<p>Both men face a 32-count charge bordering on leading a terrorist organisation, financing terrorism, recruiting fighters, and coordinating violent attacks across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ansaru militants were linked to the July 2022 attack on Kuje prison in Abuja, during which over 600 inmates, including 64 Boko Haram suspects, escaped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in prison. Usman, also known as Abu Bara\u2019a, Abbas or Mukhtar, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of engaging in illegal mining and using the proceeds to procure arms for terrorism and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[18706,1578,7931,254,3919],"class_list":["post-178537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-ansaru-commander","tag-breaking","tag-kuje-prison-break","tag-nigeria","tag-usman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ansaru Commander Usman Sentenced to 15 Years - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in pris ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ansaru Commander Usman Sentenced to 15 Years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, a commander of the proscribed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in pris ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T21:32:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T22:46:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757618367.727963.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ansaru Commander Usman Sentenced to 15 Years\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T21:32:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-11T22:46:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757618367.727963.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ansaru commander\",\"breaking\",\"Kuje prison break\",\"Nigeria\",\"usman\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ansaru-commander-usman-sentenced-to-15-years\",\"name\":\"Ansaru Commander Usman Sentenced to 15 Years - 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