The federal high court in Kainji, Niger state, has convicted 45
Boko Haram members to between three to 31 years in prison.
The insurgents were convicted following the
conclusion of the first phase of the trial during which 575 Boko Haram
suspects were arraigned.
In a statement on Friday, Lai Mohammed,
minister of information and culture, said the court also discharged
468 suspects who had no case to answer.
“Thirty-four cases were struck out while 28
suspects were remanded for trial in Abuja and Minna,” the statement read.
“The court ordered that the 468 discharged
persons should undergo rehabilitation programme before they are
handed over to their respective state governments.
“The trial commenced with the formal remand by
the court of over 1,600 suspects for a period of 90 days, with the court
ordering that they be arraigned within the specified period or released
unconditionally.”
The court adjourned the trial of other
suspects till January 2018.
Last month, four judges were appointed by the
chief judge of the federal high court to sit and dispose of the cases of
insurgency.
Source: thecable.ng
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