A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted three persons for participating in acts of terrorism and being members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect.
The jailed convicts are Ali Mohammed, Adamu Karumi and Ibrahim Usman – and they will collectively spend 75 years in jail.
Punch reported that the trio were among the 17 suspected insurgents arraigned before Justice Buba on eight counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism, illegal possession of firearms and being members of the violent sect.
According to the prosecution, the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 13(2) and 17(b) of the Terrorism Act 2013 as well as Sections 1, 8, 27 (1) (a) and (b) of the Firearms (special provisions) Act, Cap F28, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
SKYTREND NEWS gathered that Bala Haruna, Idris Ali, Mohammed Murtala, Kadiri Mohammed, Mustapha Daura, Danjuma Yahaya, Musa Audu, Mati Daura, Farouk Haruna, Abdullahi Azeez, Ibrahim Bukar, Zula Diani, Abba Duguri and Sanni Adamu were equally arraigned along with them but discharged before the conclusion of the trial.
The reason(s) for their discharge could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report as the entire trial was done in secret. (Started in November 2013 and ended on Tuesday, as reported by Punch).
It was however later gathered that the Attorney-General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, had, by nolle prosequi, discontinued criminal proceedings against some of the accused, hence their discharge .
On Tuesday only Muhammed, Karumi, Usman and Haruna were brought before Justice Ibrahim Buba for judgment.
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