Three members of a gang who operated under the “Boko Haram”
appellation have been jailed in South Africa.
Boko Haram, a terrorist organization in Nigeria, has killed
thousands of people and displaced millions.
The convicts are Ndou Lukase Rembuluwani and Ndou Ben (both
29) and Khoza Ngobeni Small (28).
The Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane
sentenced them to combined 384-year imprisonment.
They were found guilty of crimes perpetrated between
September and October 2017 around Seshego and Westenburg.
The charges included murder, attempted murder, possession of
an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, and housebreaking with the intention to
rob.
Other counts bordered on theft, robberies and malicious
damage to property, The Citizen reported.
The trio were also convicted for contravening immigration
laws for being in South Africa illegally.
The gang was among criminals who named themselves “Boko
Haram” and terrorized communities in the Polokwane municipality.
They attacked teachers at their residential house in
Westenburg and stole laptops, television sets and phones on October 9, 2017
Nine days afterwards, the muggers robbed Magezi Football
Club players of their phones, soccer kit, shoes and clothes.
The police arrested Rembuluwan, Ben and Ngobeni a few days
later during an operation in Seshego
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