FG To Prosecute 1,670 Boko Haram Suspects

The Federal Government on yersterday rolled out its plans on how to handle the cases suspected  Boko Haram terror group members, totaling 2,541, currently detained at  Wawa Barracks in Kainji, Niger State, and Maiduguri prison in Borno State.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami said in a statement that a special prosecution arrangement already put it in place would commence the trial of   1,670  of the detainees in Wawa Barracks, Kainji,  Niger State,  in October.
ýThe statement signed by the AGF’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Salihu Isah, ý stated that after exhausting the cases in Kainji, the cases of  651 suspects currently detained at Maiduguri prison, would be taken up by the special arrangement.
It added that due to lack of evidence for any successful prosecution, 220 other suspects detained in the Kainji detention facility would be released and subjected to “de-radicalisation programme”.
The AGF’s spokesperson stated that the 220 suspects constituted one of the four categories of terrorist suspects detained in the Kainji facility.