Ebun Francis || The federal high court in Kainji, Niger State has sentenced 45 members of the dreaded Boko Haram group to various terms of imprisonment for terror related offenses.
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information said in a statement on Friday said the court also discharged 468 suspects who had no case to answer.
Those discharged, according to the statement are expected to undergo a federal government de-radicalisation programme before being re-integrated into the society.
The statement read in part, “Thirty-four cases were struck out while 28 suspects were remanded for trial in Abuja and Minna.’
“The court ordered that the 468 discharged persons should undergo rehabilitation programme before they are handed over to their respective state governments.
“The trial commenced with the formal remand by the court of over 1,600 suspects for a period of 90 days, with the court ordering that they be arraigned within the specified period or released unconditionally.”
The trial of the remaining suspects was adjourned until January 2018.