Boko Hara Suspect Kabiru Sokoto Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

                    

Boko Haram suspect, Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Abuja Federal High Court for his role in terrorist activities, including the December 25, 2011 bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State.

Evidence that emerged in Sokoto’s six months trial indicated that he was the governor of Sokoto State in the hierarchy of the Boko Haram group.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola found Kabiru Sokoto guilty of facilitating terrorist activities in Sokoto State, and having prior knowledge of the bomb attack at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church.

Kabiru Sokoto, who was finally apprehended by operatives of the State Security Service in the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja after escaping from the custody of police officers who initially arrested him, was arraigned by the Federal Government on April 19, 2013 on a two- count charge bordering on terrorism.

In count one of the charges; the Federal Government alleged that between 2007 and 2012, Sokoto facilitated bomb attacks on the police headquarters in Sokoto State and some other government organisations in the state, an offence contrary to section 15(2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004.