Nigeria: Catholic Church Bombing - Court Sentences 'Kabiru Sokoto' to Life Imprisonment

21 December 2013

Abuja — Mastermind of the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was yesterday, sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Delivering his judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, said he was satisfied that the Federal Government, successfully established the culpability of the convict beyond every reasonable doubt, noting that Umar had in two earlier separate confessional statements, admitted that he had prior knowledge of the attack.

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