The federal
government has commenced a secret trial of suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Last month, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general
of the federation, said prosecutors had been appointed to handle the cases
involving over 1,600 suspects.
He also said four judges have been appointed
by chief judge of the federal high court to sit on the cases and dispose of
them “expeditiously”.
BBC quoted sources at the ministry of justice as saying four judges have begun the
trials of the suspects at a military facility in Kainji, Niger state.
It is not known how many of the suspects have
been arraigned so far.
More than two million people have been
displaced and many killed in the north-east because of the activities of Boko
Haram.
Many of the displaced people now stay in
camps across the country.
Despite claims of the military that it has
defeated the sect, Boko Haram has continued to stage different attacks
Source: thecable.ng
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