Self-confessed Boko Haram member jailed for 30 years

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced self-confessed Boko Haram member Abubakar Goni to 30 years imprisonment following his conviction on terrorism prices.

Goni, an indigene of Daira village in Yobe State, was convicted by Justice Binta Nyako on Friday after admitting to knowingly becoming a member of the proscribed terrorist group over 15 years in the past.

The Federal Government prosecuted Goni on a five-count cost bordering on membership in a terrorist group, receiving weapons coaching with AK-47 assault rifles, launching assaults towards civilians, looting meals provides to maintain insurgents, and executing cross-border raids in neighboring Niger Republic.

During the arraignment, Goni pleaded responsible to membership within the terrorist group whereas denying the remaining counts.Following the plea, Justice Nyako invoked Section 16(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act to move sentence.

Defense counsel Dauda Hassan urged the court docket to mood justice with mercy, noting that his shopper was a first-time offender who voluntarily admitted guilt to keep away from extended litigation.

Justice Nyako dominated that the 30-year sentence be backdated to 2016, when Goni was initially arrested and remanded in custody by the Department of State Services. The court docket additional directed the Federal Ministry of Interior to find out the suitable correctional facility for his incarceration.