The Federal Government will soon begin the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram members in various detention facilities across the country, Director General of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, has said.
He said this on Wednesday when he visited Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House, Maiduguri.
Abubakar said the trial would be conducted by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Office of the National Security Adviser in collaboration with the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, while the Legal Aid Council has been mandated to provide defence for the inmates.
He explained that the legal aid team has so far interviewed 283 suspects as part of efforts to establish their involvement in terrorism and as well understand the nature of the crime they committed.
Abubakar said: “As their defence counsel, we have to interview them from time to time to enable us to know their own part of the story. It so because regardless of the crimes they may have committed, it is possible that out of hundreds, you may find out that one or two persons are innocent.”
