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Boko Haram convict Kabiru Sokoto appeals 2013 life sentence for Catholic church bombing near Abuja

Reported by Premium Times on 17 May 2026. Read the summary below, then continue to the full story.

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Yakubu Mohammed
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Twelve years after Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was convicted over the 2011 bombing of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near Abuja, the suspected Boko Haram member has filed an appeal challenging the life imprisonment sentence imposed on him. The post Boko Haram convict Kabiru Sokoto appeals 2013 life sentence for Catholic church bombing near Abuja appeared first on Premium Times Nigeri

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