Christmas Day bomber, Kabiru Sokoto, is still in custody- NPS Spokesman
Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:00:pm National
1.9K By Buchi Obichie
The Spokesman of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Biyi Jeje, on Tuesday
said that contrary to reports, the mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day
bombing, Kabiru Dikko,, is still in custody.
"Please disregard the rumour. He's still in prisons custody," Jeje said.
Mr. Dikko, AKA Kabiru Sokoto, was convicted in December 2013 after being found guilty of plotting the car suicide bombing on St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja, which left about 40 people dead.
Certain online publications this week reported that Dikko, 32, might have been released as part of a purported prisoners swap deal between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect.
Boko Haram has demanded the release of its members held by the Government in exchange for Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the group in 2014.
While the Federal Government has indicated interest in a prisoners swap deal with Boko Haram, the modalities for this have yet to be made public.
"There's no truth in the reports claiming that Mr. Dikko had been released,'' Jeje said yesterday.
Dikko was handed a life sentence by an Abuja Federal High Court on December 20, 2013, after being found guilty of terrorism.
"Please disregard the rumour. He's still in prisons custody," Jeje said.
Mr. Dikko, AKA Kabiru Sokoto, was convicted in December 2013 after being found guilty of plotting the car suicide bombing on St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja, which left about 40 people dead.
Certain online publications this week reported that Dikko, 32, might have been released as part of a purported prisoners swap deal between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect.
Boko Haram has demanded the release of its members held by the Government in exchange for Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the group in 2014.
While the Federal Government has indicated interest in a prisoners swap deal with Boko Haram, the modalities for this have yet to be made public.
"There's no truth in the reports claiming that Mr. Dikko had been released,'' Jeje said yesterday.
Dikko was handed a life sentence by an Abuja Federal High Court on December 20, 2013, after being found guilty of terrorism.
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