The Adamawa State High Court has sentenced three men to death by hanging over the killing of two Catholic priests.
Delivering judgment on Thursday October 22, 2026, Justice Christopher Mapeo convicted Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan, Mikaila Yusuf on charges of conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, and demanding ransom.
The trio was found guilty of abducting Rev. Frs. Matthew Dutsemi and Abraham Sauman in February 2025.
In a statement on Thursday, the Department of State Service (DSS) recalled several death sentences handed down by courts across the country this year.
On September 28, Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, was sentenced to death by hanging by a Sokoto High Court for his involved in the killing of three kidnapped persons in the state.
Earlier, on June 22, a Sokoto High Court sentenced three men — Muhammad Yusuf Salisu, Jabbi Alhaji Yale and Kabiru Muhammad — to death by hanging for terrorism and transporting arms.
A High Court in Kogi State had on June 16 sentenced one Jibrin Halilu to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour in Obajana, an industrial town in the state.
On June 15, a High Court in Katsina sentenced Hauwa’u Mukhtar, a female arms courier, to death by hanging.
On June 3, a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced four men to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 22 massacre at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, where scores of worshippers were killed.
The convicts were identified as Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Alqasim Idris, Jamilu Abdulmalik and Abdulkareem Idris.
On May 29, an Ekiti State high court sentenced Ibrahim Abubakar to death by hanging for kidnapping.
The conviction marks the seventh death sentence obtained by the Department of State Service (DSS) this year 2026.
-9News Nigeria.
