Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, mastermind behind Christmas Day Bombing, which occurred in St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja delivered the judgment on Friday.
The attack, where 44 persons were killed and 75 others wounded, took place in 2011.
Aside the allegation that he trained over 500 men on how to manufacture and detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), the Federal Government said that he had prior knowledge that the sect planned to bomb the church on Christmas Day but failed to disclose it to any law enforcement officer as soon as reasonably practicable.
He was said to have between 2007 and 2012, at Mabira Sokoto, Sokoto State, facilitated the commission of terrorist acts, including planting bombs at police headquarters and some government organisations in the state.
Though he was previously arrested by the police in Abuja on January 14, 2012, he was, however, declared missing two days later.
He was re-arrested on February 10, 2012.
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