Two alleged members of the Al-Qaeda network, Babafemi Lawal and Luqman Babatunde, natives of Ogun and Lagos states, respectively, were on Thursday arraigned before an Abuja Federal High Court by the Federal Government.
Lawal and Babatunde allegedly received the sum of N1m from the terrorist organisation, Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula also known as AQAP in Yemen, to fund the recruitment and transportation of prospective Nigerian members of the terrorist group to Yemen.
The alleged action constituted an offence contrary to Section 13(a) of Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011 and punishable under paragraph (c) of the same section of the Act.
Also, their alleged attendance of a meeting of the terrorist network, was an offence under Section 3 (c) of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge brought against them by the Attorney General of the Federation.
The presiding judge, Justice Gladys Olotu, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prison custody.
Parts of the charges against them read, "That you Olaniyi Babafemi Lawal, 31, of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State on or about May 2011 at Abuja, willfully received monies in Saudi Riyals and the United State of American Dollars equivalent to N1,000,000.00 from a terrorist organisation known as Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, also known as AQAP in Yemen, with intent that the said money shall be used to recruit and transport prospective members of the terrorist group to Yemen.
Culled from Punch
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Home
Unlabelled
FG arraigns two suspected Nigerian members of Al-Qaeda
FG arraigns two suspected Nigerian members of Al-Qaeda
NigerianEye
-
Friday, July 06, 2012
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(
Atom
)
How were they found and arrested?
ReplyDeleteI thought the madness was limited to Northerners alone, It beats my imagination to know that South-Westerners too are involved.Wait a minute!IS it not animalistic for someone to waste his/her life because you want to make a point[either religious or political]. That is why they dont have value for human life, since they dont value their own lives in the first instance.And some top politicians are involved. Ah, Nigerians!
ReplyDeleteHmmm Nigeria! Something dey happen o!
ReplyDeleteno no no only northerners are invoved or rather only muslims are invoved, ask your freiend ss or army/ police invovled in JTF, the arrested culprit so far, are they all muslims or northerners? BOKO HARAM is just a crack in PDP. Aziza, former NSA and gov Fashola of Lagos had said it all. nigerianeye, if you like publish this comment or leave as usual. anyway this medium is for anti Islam. Islam is bigger than your hatred.
ReplyDelete