366 Boko Haram Terrorists Convicted, Four Financiers Jailed – AGF
The Federal High Court sitting in Dawaki, Abuja, on Monday, convicted four Boko Haram financiers.
They are Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed, and Bunu Kame.
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
The AGF’s Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele, said the prosecution team led by the AGF, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), secured the convictions in separate cases before Justice Binta Nyako and Justice Emeka Nwite.
He said the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency.
“The defence counsel was led by the Director, Criminal Justice in Legal Aid Council, F. A. Bakre.
“According to the charge filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, M. B. Abubakar, Aisami provided funds for the terrorist group by buying food products from the group, having reasonable grounds to believe that the proceeds would be used to commit a terrorist act, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 13(1)(a)(ii) of the Terrorism Provision Amendment Act, 2013,” the statement said.
