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| How Al-Barnawi made me join Boko Haram, Suspect Tells Court in UN building bombing trial |
| 2026-01-22 |
| [Zagazola] One of the suspects being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) alongside Khalid Al-Barnawi and three others for being behind the August 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he joined the Boko Haram terror organisation. At the resumed trial of Al'Barnawi and four others on Wednesday, the second defendant, Mohammed Bashir Saleh, in a video recording played before the court, said he joined Al'Barnawi in Bauchi shortly before the attack on the UN building, and that from that moment, their relationship blossomed resulting in his joining Boko Haram. Al- Barnawi was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in April 2016 in Lokoja, Kogi State, five years after the attack on the Abuja UN building, the first of such attack on an international agency's property in the country, which left over 20 individuals dead and over 70 others injured. Read the the rest at the link, paywalled Related: Abuja: 2025-12-08 US lawmakers visit Nigeria on fact-finding mission amid alleged Christian genocide Abuja: 2025-11-26 Zakzaky Shiites Protest In Katsina, Demand Action Over Rising Kidnappings In Northern Nigeria Abuja: 2025-10-18 Troops Neutralise Dozens of Terrorists, Arrest 62 Suspects, Rescue 30 Victims Related: Khalid Al-Barnawi 08/04/2016 Islamic State Names New Leader of Boko Haram Khalid Al-Barnawi 04/10/2016 DSS Arrests Suspected Founding Member Of Boko Haram In Lokoja |
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