Four suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar and Mohammed Ali were so sentenced after they were found guilty of causing the death of several Nigerians through terrorist acts.
All four men were convicted on terrorism charges and for participating in 2011 bombings in Suleja and Dakna Village in Bwari, both in Niger State, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The range of offences includes illegal training in arms, transportation of improvised explosive devices, participation in terrorist activities and bombings that killed and injured so many people.
One accused, Musa Adam was however, was however discharged and acquitted. According to Justice Bilkisu Aliyu, none of the charges preferred against him linked him to actual commission of terrorist acts.
Umar Ibrahim, the sixth accused person, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, due to his “innocence and tender age.” The judge also said he was misled to perform the role of an errand boy — not that he was directly involved in acts of terrorism or that he was trained as a terrorist.
