Court discharges alleged killers of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) J. B Abang, ACP Akera, ACP Adamu Buba, CSP Mohammed Ahmadu and Sergeant Adamu Gado, were discharged following a no-case submission filed on their behalf by their counsel at the

Federal High Court, Abuja.

The court held that there was no evidence linking any of the suspects to the charge of commission of a terrorist act and the killing of Yusuf, who was born on January 29, 1970 in Yobe State and founded Boko Haram in 2002.

He was the group’s spiritual leader until he was killed in 2009. He was allegedly killed in police custody in Maiduguri, Borno State. He was alleged to have attempted to escape from custody. He had 4 wives and 12 children.