Four boko haram members jailed for life

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.
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.