{"id":112537,"date":"2021-11-26T12:48:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=112537"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:48:12","slug":"abuja-court-proscribes-bandit-groups-declares-them-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/26\/abuja-court-proscribes-bandit-groups-declares-them-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja court proscribes bandit groups, declares them terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The activists of two bandits groups, Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda have been declared as acts of terrorism by the Federal high court in Abuja,<\/p>\n<p>Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order on Thursday November 25 on an ex parte motion filed by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar, who filed the motion ex-parte, said President Muhammadu Buhari gave approval for the proscription of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda groups and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/26\/troops-arrest-wanted-terrorist-in-borno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorist<\/a> groups in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In its supporting affidavits, the Federal government said security reports have confirmed that the bandit groups were responsible for the killings, abductions, rapes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/22\/icpc-arraigns-gwagwalada-council-chair-for-n10m-bribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kidnappings<\/a> and related acts of criminality in the northeast, north-central and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>It alleged that the group is responsible for the growing cases of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/use-basic-education-to-end-banditry-obaseki-tells-fg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banditry<\/a>, incessant kidnappings for ransom, kidnapping for marriage, mass abductions of school children and other citizens, cattle rustling, enslavement, imprisonment, severe deprivation of physical liberty, torture, rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, other forms of sexual violence, attacks and killings in communities and commuters and wanton destruction of lives and properties in Nigeria, particularly in the Northwest and Northcentral states in Nigeria are being carried out by Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda groups and other groups associated with or engaged in the same or similar activities as Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda groups in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda groups and other similar groups constitute acts of terrorism that can lead to a breakdown of public order and safety and is a threat to national security and the corporate existence of Nigeria,\u201d the government added in the ex parte motion<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the ruling, Justice Taiwo specifically declared the activities of the \u201cYan Bindiga group\u201d and the \u201cYan Ta\u2019adda group\u201d and other similar groups in any part of the country, especially in the north-west and the north-central as \u201cacts of terrorism and illegality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The judge went ahead to proscribe the activities of the group as well as other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, \u201ceither in groups or as individuals by whatever names they are called\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also made an order restraining \u201cany person or group of persons from participating in any manner whatsoever, in any form of activities involving or concerning the prosecution of the collective intention or otherwise of the Yan Bindiga group and the Yan Ta\u2019adda group under any other name or platform however called or described\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The court asked the federal government to publish the proscription order in the official gazette and two national dailies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The activists of two bandits groups, Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda have been declared as acts of terrorism by the Federal high court in Abuja, Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order on Thursday November 25 on an ex parte motion filed by the federal government. 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