Posted by Samuel on Fri 28th Nov, 2025 - tori.ng
Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the sentence in a judgment delivered after Ismaila aka Mai Tangaran pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism charge brought against him by the secret police.
House of Representatives member Bello El-Rufai has questioned the life imprisonment sentence handed to IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, noting that a Boko Haram terrorist recently received only a 20-year sentence.
One of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged terrorism, Hussaini Ismaila, was convicted of offences of terrorism and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja on November 18, 2025.
Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the sentence in a judgment delivered after Ismaila aka Mai Tangaran pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism charge brought against him by the secret police.
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was also tried for terrorism offences. He was convicted on November 20 and sentenced to life imprisonment.,
Speaking on the floor of the house on Thursday, November 27, Bello faulted the discrepancies in the sentencing of both convicted terrorists.
‘’There was a conviction of a terrorists, a boko haram member. I believe his name is Hussaini Ismail.
"He was convicted for 20 years by a High court. He was a Boko Haram terrorist, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was convicted last week and his own conviction said life sentence. I don't understand why one terrorist is getting life sentence and the other is getting 20 years.
"There is this idea that justice is served differently and it affects the problem'' he said
Watch a video of him speaking below: