The Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday sentenced a Boko Haram terrorist victim, Ali Kolo to nine years imprisonment after spending more than ten years in detention.
Kolo, who was shot in the right leg by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state while going to report the activities of the terrorists to the military, was Thursday found guilty by Justice Peter Lifu over failure to report activities of the group to security agents.
The Boko Haram victim was put on trial by the federal government on 4-count charge, but pleaded guilty to only one count charge which borders on concealment of information on the activities of the terrorists group in Borno state.
A federal government lawyer, Mr. David Kaswe, who led the prosecution told Justice Lifu that the defendant in 2017, failed to convey information on the activities of the terrorists to the military or any other security agency as required by the provision of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2013.
The lawyer, a deputy director in the Federal Ministry of Justice tendered the extra-judicial statement where the convict admitted failure to relay information on the terror group to the appropriate quarters as well as an investigation report which indicted him for refusal to help the federal government in curbing activities of terrorists.
Justice Lifu admitted the two exhibits following no objection from the defence counsel, Mrs A.O Usman.
The federal government lawyer, consequently, pleaded with the judge to impose a jail term of ten years on the defendant based on his guilty plea and his confession in his statement to the military and the investigation report that indicted him.
But the defendant, who was 37- year- old when the terrorists shattered his right leg with bullets, informed the court that he was shot with an AK-47 gun while on his way to report the terrorists to the military.
