The Department of State Services, DSS, On Thursday, arraigned 3 kidnappers of schoolchildren and teachers in Orire Local Government Area, Oyo State.

The kidnappers were arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The defendants—Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid;, Yunusa Musa, known as Yunusa bin Musa; and Shamsu Adamu Sani, also known as Abu Itisar; face a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment of information, incitement, and illegal mining by the Federal Government.

They were also accused of aiding the abduction and concealing information about the identities and activities of the alleged masterminds, despite having prior knowledge of the plot, offences said to contravene Sections 26(2) and 16(1) of the Act.