Court sentences two Boko Haram supporters to life imprisonment

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two men arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) to life imprisonment and additional 20 years on prison each for supporting the proscribed Boko Haram terrorist group. 

The defendants, Abba Mustapha and Bukar Ibrahim, were sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of providing logistical support to the group and concealing information.

Mustapha, from Bori village in Borno State, and 41-year-old Ibrahim, also from Borno State, admitted to the offences.

Justice Salim Ibrahim sentenced each defendant to life imprisonment on the first count and an additional 20 years on the second count.

The sentences were handed down during the latest phase of the Federal Government’s mass trials of suspected terrorists, which began on Thursday, October 15.he trials are taking place in several courtrooms, with Justices Salim Ibrahim, James Omotosho, Binta Nyako, Emeka Nwite, Obiora Egwuatu, Hauwa Yilwa, Joyce Abdulmalik and Peter Lifu among the judges handling the cases.