A High Court in Adamawa State sentences three men to death after convicting them over the February 2025 kidnapping of two Catholic priests, Reverend Fathers Matthew Dutsemi and Abraham Sauman. The men—Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan and Mikaila Yusuf—are found guilty of multiple related offences including conspiracy to commit kidnapping and armed robbery, kidnapping, armed robbery, harbouring the abducted priests, and negotiating to receive ransom.

Coverage frames the case as part of a wider series of capital sentences in Nigeria involving kidnapping, terrorism and other serious crimes. One outlet notes that the Department of State Services (DSS) describes the verdict as its seventh death sentence secured in 2026, and points to other recent death sentences delivered by different courts across several states. Where reported, details focus on the charges and legal reasoning, while broader context emphasizes the growing use of death penalties in related cases.