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
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