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Nigerian Government To Begin Trial Of 5,000 Boko Haram Suspects
The defendants have all been arrested and detained since the start of the Islamist insurgency in the country’s northeast in 2009.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 24, 2021
The Nigerian government has said it will soon begin the trials of detained Boko Haram suspects, totalling 5,000.
The Director General of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, at the Government House, Maiduguri.
Boko Haram
The defendants have all been arrested and detained since the start of the Islamist insurgency in the country’s northeast in 2009.
The trial of about 5000 suspected Boko Haram fighters in various detention facilities across the country will commence soon, Aliyu Abubakar, DG, Legal Aid Council, said Tuesday during a courtesy visit to Borno governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri.