A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, struck
out the three-count terrorism charge preferred against Aminu Ogwuche, the
alleged mastermind of the April 14, 2014 bomb blast that killed more than 75
persons and injured 120 others at a crowded motor park in Nyanya Abuja.
In his ruling yesterday, Justice Ademola Adeniyi struck
out the matter for want of diligent prosecution by the police.
However, the court gave the Department of State Services,
DSS, the nod to retain the accused person in its custody until December 5 when
it will hear an application seeking his release on bail.
While adjourning the matter, Justice Adeniyi directed the
DSS to allow a team of three lawyers representing the accused person; his wife
and one of his family members to periodically visit him in the detention cell.
The court further ordered that the accused be given
medical attention and treatment in custody, adding that the DSS should not
hesitate to transfer him to the National Hospital should the need arise.
Plans to arraign Ogwuche on September 26 failed because
of bickering between the DSS and Police over which of them should be allowed to
conduct the trial.
The government had in its bid to expedite the process of
extraditing the accused person from Sudan where he fled to shortly after the
terrorist attack, entered the three-count charge that was struck out yesterday.
Shortly after his extradition and arrival at the
Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on July
15, the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast had boasted that he was
still lusting to shed more blood of those he described as "infidels."
"If I am left alone, I will still kill those
infidels who have refused to repent of their sins against Allah. This is my
mission on earth. My mission is to wipe out infidels from the face of the
earth. You call me bomb detonator, and I love that. I am ready to kill again.
In fact, I enjoy killing people who are unbelievers; those deceived by western
education and disobedient to Allah and His Holy Koran. I don't care what will
happen to me now because if I die, I shall go to heaven for doing God's work.
I
won't beg anybody for forgiveness but I can assure you that my so-called trial
will not be an easy exercise. If I like, I plead not guilty in court to make
things difficult for the Federal Government but inside my mind, I know I did
the damn thing. It is my word against Federal Government evidence. I know a
little bit about the intricacies of the law through the study of several law
books. Nobody can push me around because I am not a fool," said Ogwuche
who was born in the United Kingdom.
"I don't deny that we have links with foreign
terrorist groups. We have many friends as well as may enemies. It doesn't
matter if I am killed others will continue the struggle.
There are millions of Boko Haram members in Nigeria and
overseas. Was our great leader Mohammed Yusuf not killed, did his death lead to
the end of the Boko Haram? We are determined to start a big jihad across the
nation, first, wait and see.
Our is something like spiritual revolution. When they
arrested Kabiru Sokoto, they celebrated as if Boko Haram is all about Kabiru
Sokoto. That is how they celebrated the death of Yusuf Mohammed. They will keep
celebrating individuals while million agents of Boko Haram operate," he
said
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