Nigeria: Why Abuja Judge Sentenced Four Boko Haram Members to Life Imprisonment

The Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja sentenced four persons, Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar and Mohammed Ali, to life imprisonment for causing the death of several persons through terrorist acts.

However, Justice Bilkisu Aliyu, while delivering the judgment discharged and acquitted Musa Adam on the grounds that none of the charges linked him to the actual commission of any terrorist act.

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