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| Nigeria says 40 Boko Haram fighters convicted since 2011 |
| 2014-02-26 |
| [TURKISHPRESS] Justic Minister and Attorney-General Mohammed Adoke announced on Monday that 40 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... suspects had been convicted of terrorism-related offences under Nigeria's anti-terror law since 2011. "So far, more than 40 members of the sect have been convicted of terrorism-related crimes, and several more are being tried under our law," Adoke told a seminar devoted to human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. and international humanitarian law. He said the government had been able to curtail the myrmidon group's activities through the prosecution of its members under Nigeria's Terrorism Prevention Act. "This administration is working hard to put the insurgency behind us as quickly as possible," Adoke said. Last August, Adoke had said that ten convictions had been recorded against members of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgency. The media, meanwhile, has reported less than six convictions between then and now. Boko Haram, a hitherto peaceful organization that had preached against corruption, suddenly turned violent in 2009 following the murder of group leader Mohammed Yusuf while in police custody. In the years since, the group has been blamed for thousands of terrorist acts, including attacks on churches and security posts across Nigeria's northern region, especially the three northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. |
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