A Federal High court yesterday ruled that an on-line suspected
terrorist, Muktar Ibrahim [aka Abu Sabaya] must answer charges of
terrorism brought against him by the Federal Government.
The court consequently ordered that he be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of his case.
He
was said to be an on-line personality who was celebrating the bombing
campaigns of the Boko Haram sect on the jihadist website and also
soliciting for funds from international terrorists groups to fund the
activities of the sect in Nigeria.
On the no case submission brought by the suspected terrorist, Justice
Gabriel Kolawole held that the prosecution counsel, S.M. Labaran, a
senior state counsel from the office of the Department of Public
Prosecution [DPP] of the Federation, has established a prima facie case
against him.
The court, however, discharged the accused person on two out of the
five counts-charge of terrorist activities brought against him.
Ibrahim,
a first class graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, was said to have registered his email address banatsuad1@yahoo.com
on a jihadist website www.ansar1.info and posted messages on the
activities of Boko Haram in the country, contrary to the provisions of
the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011.
Some of the charges against him that were sustained by the court include the following:
*That
you Murktar Ibrahim [m], a.k.a Abu Sabaya of Area G. ABU Quarters,
Samaru, Zaria, on or about 7th February 2012 having registered your
email address banatsuad1@yahoo.com
on the jihadist website www.ansar1.info did receive a message on the
website to wit “…is there any way we can help the mujahahiden in
Nigeria by AMEF projects? We are ready to release videos, statement and
other material to support our brothers in Nigeria” being a message
preparatory to an act of terrorism and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to section 1[1] [a] of the Terrorism [Prevention] Act, 2011 and
punishable under section 33 [1] [a] of the same Act.
* That you Murktar Ibrahim [m], a.k.a Abu Sabaya of Area G. ABU Quarters, Samaru, Zaria, having registered your email address banatsuad1@yahoo.com
on the jihadist website www.ansar1.info on or about 16th June 2011 did
post a message that reads “The wind of rage has been unleashed upon the
battalion of the tawaghit and all their allies in Nigeria in a
successful attack a severe attack and damage at the heart of the
security apparatus of the Nigerian government, the Muwahhidin with the
assistance of Allah were able to deal a great blow to the government and
also to prove to their masters in the White House that our call is
based upon actions rather than speech.
“Many Nigerians were very
happy about the blast because they are frustrated by the tyranny of the
tawaghit and their hijacking of the country’s resources for their
selfish interests.
“This attack is indeed a success because prior to the attack, the
Nigeria Police Force on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz
Ringim boasted and vowed that the days of the Mujahhidin in Nigeria are
numbered, little did he know that the Mujahhidin are on their way to
his palace in Abuja.
“Also from the scenes of victory is a report of another bomb blast at
Maiduguri that also killed these filthy tawaghit and their emissaries,
so now the message will be clearer. Nigeria definitely is a major front
of operation for the call to jihad. The newly elected taghut has also
vowed to deal with the mujahhidin and in the history of any African
country he was the first to propose the establishment of a ministry of
Anti-Terrorism and also signing of the ECOWAS counter-terrorism
strategy.
“So the situation is now clear and the battle line has been drawn.
Our only prayer is that the Muslim Ummah should show appreciation and
allegiance to our beloved mujahhidin whose efforts is to revive our
lost caliphate and also to serve as a vanguard that will free the Muslim
Ummah from the oppression of the local tawaghit in the Aso Villa and
their kafir paymasters in the White House.
Another charge reads: That you Murktar Ibrahim [m], a.k.a Abu Sabaya
of Area G. ABU Quarters, Samaru, Zaria, having registered your email
address banatsuad1@yahoo.com
on the jihadist website www.ansar1.info on or about 4th November 2010
did post a message that reads “The aftermath of our brothers attack on
the prisoners of the tawaghit in Bauchi and Yobe state has geared the
tawaghit to deploy a new method of harming the Muhahhidin.
This time they have pledged a sum of N500, 000 for anybody who can
provide information about the safe houses of the Muhahhidin coupled with
their employment of a joint coalition of the tawaghit forces. As for
the media productions of our brother insha Allah we are rigorously
working on them.
First they are in Hausa Language which means we must translate them
before posting them but we are promising the forum members that they
should exercise patience with us we are seriously lacking expertise
which is presently harming our efficiency. Jazakallahut” being a message
constituting act to promote an act of terrorism and you thereby
committed an offence contrary to section 1 [1] [b] of the Terrorism
[Prevention] Act 2011 and punishable under section 33 [1] [a] of the
same Act.
Further hearing on the case has been fixed for May 12 and 21 respectively.
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