Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of the Boko Haram sect to death over terror charges, even though Nigeria, the hot bed, is yet to impose the penalty on any suspect
According to the BBC, a military court in Cameroon, has tried and sentenced 89 members of the Boko Haram sect to death over terror charges and their roles in several attacks in the northern part of the country, even though Nigeria, the hot bed, is yet to impose the penalty on any suspect.
The convicted 89 are part of the 850 in detention over alleged involvement in Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
This is the first time that people have been sentenced to death since a new anti-terror law was passed in 2014. 22 people were reportedly sentenced to death in 2013.
It can be recalled that in January 2015, leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, threatened to attack the president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, over his country’s role in the regional force set up to fight insurgency.
"Oh Paul Biya, if you don’t stop this your evil plot, you will taste what has befallen Nigeria,” Shekau had said in a video.
"If you do not repent, you will see the dire consequences. Your troops cannot do anything to us. I advise you to desist from following your constitution and democracy, which is unIslamic. The only language of peace is to repent and follow Allah, but if you do not, then we will communicate it to you through the language of violence."
On his part, Biya vowed to wipe out Boko Haram.