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| Security agents bar newsmen from covering trial of suspected Boko Haram insurgents |
| 2013-11-28 |
| [DAILYPOST.NG] Security agents on Wednesday barred newsmen from covering the arraignment of 17 suspected 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... members at a Federal High Court, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security agents asked journalists covering the court to leave for security reasons. The accused are Ali Mohammed, Adamu Karumi, Ibrahim Usman, Bala Haruna, Idris Ali, Mohammed Murtala, Kadiri Mohammed, Mustapha Daura, Abba Duguri, Sanni Adamu, Danjuma Yahaya and Musa Audu. Others are Mati Daura, Farouk Haruna, Abdullahi Azeez, Ibrahim Bukar and Zula Diani. The accused are standing trial on an amended seven-count charge on acts of terrorism. According to the charge sheet, the accused are alleged to have committed the offences on March 21, at Plot 5, Road 69, Lekki Phase I Housing Estate, and No. 24, Oyegbeni St., Ijora-Oloye, Apapa-Iganmu, Lagos. They were alleged to have in their possession three packets of explosive construction pipes, 15 detonators, and 11 AK47 rifles with 30 rounds of live ammunitions. Other items also alleged to have been found in their possession include 200 rounds of 7.6 mm live ammunition, two suit cases containing explosives, and a water container filled with explosives. The alleged offences contravened the Terrorism Act of 2013. It also contravened the Firearms (special provisions) Act of 2004. They, however, pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." to the charges. NAN reports that during the arraignment, five of the accused, Ali Mohammed, Adamu Karumi, Ibrahim Usman, Bala Haruna and Idris Ali were not legally represented. Justice Ibrahim Buba, however, directed the prosecutor, who is the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Olabisi Odugbesan, to ensure that those without legal representation were allowed to get one. He adjourned the case to Dec. 3 for trial. NAN reports that the case first came up on Oct. 2, but the suspects could not be arraigned because some of them could not secure legal representation. Similarly, the case, which was initially before Justice Musa Kurya, was transferred to justice Ibrahim Buba on Nov. 27.(NAN) |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Taking a lead from the WH news conferences, eh? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-11-28 16:05 |