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| Four Members of Boko Haram sentenced for Life in Nigeria |
| 2013-07-11 |
| [NATIONALTURK] Four members of the fearful terrorist group, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... have been sentenced to life for their role in kabooms that killed 19 people in Nigeria in 2012. Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar and Mohamed Ali were found guilty of criminal masterminding and carrying out attacks on an electoral commission office and a church in Abuja. This is believed to be the heaviest sentences given to any Boko Haram suspects ever since the Federal government started to crack the whip on them. Boko Haram is responsible for a series of deadly attacks across northern and central Nigeria, leaving a lot of people dead and property destroyed. The convicted men were found guilty of plotting and carrying out attack on the electoral commission in Suleja, Niger state, killing 16 people, and a second attack on a church that killed three others in July 2012 in Abuja. A fifth suspect was sentenced to 10 years in jail, while a sixth person was acquitted for lack of substantial evidence for his conviction. Presiding Judge of the case, Billisu Aliyu in summing up of his judgment described how the suspect lack sympathy and respect for human race. "They used explosives meant for blasting rocks for mining purposes to kill human beings who had done nothing against them, the convicts have shown lack of respect for human life, they deserve to be removed from the society", Judge Aliyu said. |
| Posted by:Fred |