Man jailed for 10 years for failing to report Boko Haram members

Malam Mele Modu, a father of eight from Abara village in Borno State, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. He admitted failing to give authorities information that could have led to the arrest of Boko Haram members, but denied charges of belonging to the group and supporting terrorists by harvesting beans for them. Justice Binta Nyako rejected his claim that he feared being killed and convicted him under Nigeria’s 2013 terrorism law. His sentence runs from 2016, when he was arrested by security operatives.