A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Mahmud Usman, the self-proclaimed “Emir” of the outlawed Ansaru sect, to 15 years in prison for financing terrorism and arming insurgent cells across Nigeria. Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, Abbas, or Mukhtar, pleaded guilty to charges of running illegal mining operations and diverting the proceeds
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