Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two farmers in Borno State, Manle Modu and Bulama Modu Awaye to jail for aiding Boko Haram terrorists of their villages since 2014.
The two farmers, who had been prosecuted by the Department of State Services, DSS, on behalf of the Federal Government, had been every sentenced to 11 calendar years in jail after pleading responsible to a number of the terrorism prices introduced in opposition to them.
The two convicts are amongst 48 suspected terrorists lined up for prosecution earlier than Justice Nyako within the mass trial instituted by the Federal Government.
Manle Modu, of Burari village in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, admitted in courtroom that he was responsible of failing to supply info to federal troops in regards to the lethal actions of Boko Haram members in his village.
Specifically, he admitted that he violated Section 8(1)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2013, by intentionally refusing to report the presence of Boko Haram members in his village to the Federal Government.
His defence that his life would have been in nice hazard if he had reported the presence of the terrorists to safety businesses was rejected by the choose on the grounds that the regulation on terrorism didn’t recognise such fears and claims as a justification.
Justice Nyako pronounced him responsible and ordered that he serve 11 calendar years in jail, stating that the actions of the terrorists might have been curbed if a proper report had been made to the suitable authorities.
However, whereas contemplating his plea for leniency, the choose ordered that the 11-year jail time period ought to begin from 2016, when he was arrested and detained.
For his half, Bulama Modu Awaye, of Maitari village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, was charged with being a member of Boko Haram, rearing cattle for its members and refusing to supply the Federal Government with details about the presence of the terrorists in his space.
He pleaded responsible to being conscious of the terrorists’ presence in his village and failing to report them to the Federal Government.
He stated the terrorists entered his village in 2014 and forcibly turned a part of the group, including that he couldn’t report them for worry of being killed.
Justice Nyako sentenced him to 11 calendar years in jail, with the jail facility to be decided by the Federal Ministry of Interior.
Having been in detention since 2016 and being a first-time offender, the choose ordered that his 11-year jail time period ought to begin from the date of his arrest by the DSS.
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