The convicted Boko Haram kingpin and mastermind of the December 25, 2011 terrorist bomb attack on the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at Madalla, Niger State. Mr. Kabiru Sokoto has dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Kabiru Sokoto in a fresh suit is demanding N300 million over what he called Federal Government’s attempts at frustrating his legal process to get his conviction upturned at the Court of Appeal.
The High Court in December 2013 had earlier convicted and sentenced Kabiru Sokoto to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of masterminding the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at the St. Theresa’s catholic Church.
In the suit filed through his lawyer Mr. Sheriff Okoh, Sokoto further alleged that the Comptroller of Prisons and his men have made it impossible for him to have access to his lawyer, to enable him perfect his appeal process.
According to the supporting affidavit, the lawyers said they have been denied access to their client for about 2 years, read as follows:
“We have made several personal contacts with the 1st defendant (CGP), his men: S. N. Nwanchukwu (PSO), E. O. Ogundele (DCG) among others, at the Nigeria Prisons headquarters, Abuja in a bid to persuade them to permit us to see the applicant, but they kept making us indulge in fruitless returns for approvals from the 2nd respondent (AGF) that has not come for over two years.
Wherefore, we verily believe that their actions are aimed at ensuring that the applicant’s appeal of his conviction and sentence continues to be frustrated in perpetuity.The applicant’s appeal before the Court of Appeal is being delayed as a result of the conduct of the 1st respondent and men under his command and supervision.”
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