Five Boko Haram members : Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar
Babagana-Umar, Mohamed Ali and Umar Ibrahim have been convicted for
terrorism and related acts.
They were convicted for the 2011 bombing of INEC office in Suleja, Niger State, in which 16 people were killed and others injured; illegal possession of improvised explosive devices (IEDs); illegal training in weapon handling and aiding of unlawful weapon handling training for the purpose of engaging in terrorism acts.
They were convicted for the 2011 bombing of INEC office in Suleja, Niger State, in which 16 people were killed and others injured; illegal possession of improvised explosive devices (IEDs); illegal training in weapon handling and aiding of unlawful weapon handling training for the purpose of engaging in terrorism acts.
Six of them were originally arraigned on the five-count charge, but one - Musa Adam – was discharged and acquitted for lack of evidence.
Justice Bilikisu Aliu of the Federal High Court, Abuja in a judgment yesterday sentenced
Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar, Mohamed Ali were sentence to life imprisonment while Umar Ibrahim was jailed for 10 years on the ground that he served as errand boy to aid the training.
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