The Appeal Court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Y.B Nimpar, rejected the appeal filed by the convicts and upheld the judgment of the court below.
SIGNED
BOLA AKINGBADE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
LAGOS STATE
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos, had on September 30, 2014, handed down the verdict after the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Justice, successfully prosecuted the terrorists before the court.
The State Government had filed charges against four accused persons for conspiracy to commit a felony to wit: acts of terrorism, concealing information about acts of terrorism and having possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition contrary to various sections of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2013 and the Firearms Act, Cap F.28 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Out of the four persons charged, three were sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each, while the fourth accused was discharged and acquitted.
Those convicted and sentenced are Ali Mohammed Modu, Adamu Ali Karumi and Ibrahim Usman Ali.
Dissatisfied with the verdict, the convicts through their lawyer, had approached the Appeal Court in Lagos asking that the verdict be upturned on the grounds that they were charged under inapplicable laws, and that the 25 years terms of imprisonment were excessive.
One of the convicts, Ibrahim Usman Ali, had specifically argued that he was inadvertently convicted and sentenced for a count with which he was not charged.
While the Court of Appeal agreed that one of the convicts was wrongly convicted under a count with which he was not charged, the Court however affirmed the judgment of Justice Buba which convicted and sentenced the three terrorists to 25 years imprisonment each.
BOLA AKINGBADE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
LAGOS STATE
41 comments:
Okay
...merited happiness
Why not death sentence!
Fair enough
...merited happiness
Just imprisonment?
Only?
Signed
#LibBadBoy
Bloody terrorist! Go der n spent d next 25yrs of ur life with bokoactvities
Lol..dis country is a big joke I swear,no b only 25yrs
If I steal maggi. I will be charge 25year for illagal owner of maggi,now boko boy that have kill many people is been sentence to 25 years in prison. Is like I will join boko boy. And enjoy life since no death sentence for it.
Inapplicable laws Abi? The penalty for murder is death by hanging or firing squad. Pls let them choose one if 25 years isn't enough. Cowards.
Fcvk
25 years is too small, they should be sentenced to death by hanging.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
25yrs is too small for the offense committed, provided they are the right people.
25 years is too small sef. Linda take note!
Just 25 years
Lol. Read this funny akpos jokes here
Why 25yrs? Should be life mbok
Naso dem dey sentence others....but dey Neva one day sentence politicians .....
Are u kidding me? 25yrs only?????????
WTH! Now I'm officially pissed of.Here I was, expecting life imprisonment @ worst & these guys are given just 25yrs? Smh
25 years???
they should be sentenced Life imprisonment or given a death sentence.
sometimes , i really don't understand the judicial system in ds country. all boko haram case should be consider as 1st degree murder.
to me, i see no difference bn gay and bn boko haram ...
blood ain't thicker than water in such s case like this Tho!
SCARFACE
Okkk
These boko haram boys are serial killers and as thus doesn't deserve any pity in any way,, i personally feel life imprisonment should have been better..
Na me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
Are our legislators really striking the balance in their judgements considering their representation of their constituencies while feeding on gargantuan take home pays. They pass laws sentencing kidnappers to death and actual killers boko haram terrorists are allowed to walk away on the phantom jail sentence. We are watching ...but nemesis will catch up with them soon enough...
Only in Nigeria, kidnappers death sentence while boko haram (terrorists) 25 years in prison. Tribalism in everything
Only 25 years? The other 2 discharged and acquitted...Nigeria government is really fighting terrorism
Deserve what they get.
Govt na Wetin? Book haram 25yrs term, kidnappers shod be killed. Herdsmen shod be pardoned while Oil vandals shod be strangled. Dts injustice and unequal trtment
Boko haram? 25yrs in prison? Only?.... May God punish both de judge n de convict....if boko haram were to come from de south , it would have been felony case n the judgement would have been " shut at sight or death sentence....
Jst like when Fulanis herdsmen invades ones land,kill n burn , they termed them foreigners but when they are killed , they call them INNOCENT Nigerian herdsmen.,.. Jst imaging , after destroying the lives n peace of dis country those evil creatures were still given another opportunity to live n they ve de effrontery to appeal...metheeeew
Jokers! I weep for this country, and ordinary Kidnappers are getting life imprisonment while the Blood Sucking Demons are getting scot free,,, uchu gbakwa unuu
Bunch of jokers! Sympatizing with boko haram but declaring war on militants and IPOB...#allIseeishate!....Miss Linda, for once publish my comment...
Just 25 years for terrorist who has killed many souls? what happens after the 25 years
more killing? I think it should be life imprisonment.
Why not a death sentence. They don't deserve to leave.
Our baby politicians are at it again. They proposed 25 years jail term for Boko Haram sects (killers of people) which sets them free in 12 and half years while they proposed capital punishment/ death sentence for kidnappers. Nigerian leaders have never been ready to transform the country.
If this message is real that means this senates have all done crazy because if they can sign death sentence to kidnappers who wants nothing more than just money and no life threat alless it went out of hand and give this death but death blood and lives takers 25 years I think this is a good business I will like to invet too if this post is real because linda mmmmm I can't say much shal but we the civilian will sign the law of all senate that approve this 20189 years in jail and linda
Just imagine...I was thinking it will be life imprisonment...rubbish
Only??? I'm beginning to suspect these politicians as their sponsors
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
If they sentence kidnappers that ordinarily would not want to kill their victims so as to get ransom to death by hanging, why would they now agree on 25 years for those who derives joy in killing.
Only 25?
Daz too small biko
Dey wil stil come out and start wia dey stopped cos dey re unrepentant
Linda don't take note!
My tot
Linda don't take note!
Jokers indeed! These country and their leaders are so funny!
Princesayso
Pathetic! Kidnappers get the rope but Boko haram gets a FEEDING and BOARDING from tax payers money! BALONEY!!!!!!!
I thought they would be shot or something but Linda, isn't that Niger Delta Militants @ the picture?
then after that what happens? what about those innocent souls that they have wasted, our judicial system is full of shits
Is appeal court on drugs? How can you sentence those blood thirsty demons for only 25 years? They have killed a lot of people and should also be killed too. These are people who dont care about their own lives or human life. Who told you that they would change when the come out of jail? Rubbish!
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