{"id":463920,"date":"2018-02-13T11:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/20-sentenced-in-boko-haram-mass-trial\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T11:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:06:45","slug":"20-sentenced-in-boko-haram-mass-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/20-sentenced-in-boko-haram-mass-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"20 sentenced in Boko Haram mass trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At least 20 people have been jailed in Nigeria for being members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

The accused were sentenced to jail terms of between three and 15 years as part of the ongoing mass trials of more than 1,000 suspects at a military facility in the north-central town of Kainji.<\/p>\n

Among the convicted was a disabled man found guilty of participating in the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in the north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014.<\/p>\n

He has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, the first time someone has been jailed in connection with the Chibok abductions.<\/p>\n

Sources at the courts told the BBC that a further 700 suspects are due to stand trial this week.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian authorities say there are more than 6,000 Boko Haram suspects being detained across the country.<\/p>\n

In October, 45 people were sentenced to between three and 31 years in prison for being members of the militant group.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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