A 55-year-old farmer, Ali Mustapha, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for concealing information about Boko Haram activities in Katara village, Borno State. According to reports, Mustapha has been in custody since 2013 and is arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. He pleads guilty to the charge. Justice Binta Fatimah Nyako convicts and imposes the 15-year sentence, with no option of fine. The judge also notes, in relation to Mustapha’s plea, that he says there are no government officials or security agencies to report to because he lives in an obscure and remote village in Borno State. The court orders that the prison term runs from 2013, when the defendant is arrested and taken into detention.
Borno farmer sentenced to 15 years for concealing information on Boko Haram
A 55-year-old farmer, Ali Mustapha, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for concealing information about Boko Haram activities in Katara village, Borno State. According to reports, Mustapha has been in...
- Ali Mustapha, 55, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for concealing information on Boko Haram activities.
- The case is handled at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
- Mustapha has been in custody since 2013 and pleads guilty to the charge.
- Justice Binta Fatimah Nyako convicts and sentences him to 15 years with no option of fine.
- The sentence is ordered to commence from 2013, when he is arrested and detained.
A 55-year-old farmer in Borno State, Ali Mustapha, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for concealing information on the activities of the Boko Haram sect in his Katara village. The farmer who had been in custody since 2013 was arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Justice Binta Fatimah Nyako accordingly convicted and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, without option of fine. The judge said she took judicial notice of the plea of the convict that there was no government officials or security agencies to report to, as he lives in an obscure and remote village in Borno State. Justice Nyako ordered that the 15 years jail term should commence from 2013 when the convict was arrested and hauled into detention.
2 months agoA 55-year-old farmer in Borno State, Ali Mustapha, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for concealing information on the activities of the Boko Haram sect in his Katara village. The farmer who had been in custody since 2013 was arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Office of the Attorney General of […] BREAKING: Borno farmer jailed 15 years for concealing information on Boko Haram
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