Nigeria: Court Discharges Two Boko Haram Suspects for Lack of Diligent Prosecution

12 April 2018

Abuja — Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja wednesday discharged two persons, Ibrahim Ahmed and Sani Argungu, arraigned over alleged ties with Boko Haram for lack of diligent prosecution.

Justice Nyako, in setting the defendants free, noted that Ahmed had been in detention since 2013 while Argungu had been in detention since 2012 but the prosecution was yet to call its witnesses.

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