The Abuja Division of the Federal High
Court, yesterday, heard how alleged kingpin of
the Boko Haram sect, Mustapher Umar,
bombed office of Thisday Newspaper in Kaduna
State with 12 camp gas cylinders in a bid to
appease Allah.
Justice Ademola Adeniyi, who admitted a burnt
Honda Car, with number-plate AL-306-MKA,
allegedly used to perpetrate the terrorist act on
April 26, 2012, further heard how the accused
person cried bitterly when he was rescued from
the burning car, saying they denied him the
opportunity of inheriting 72 virgins in heaven.
In a bid to prove the complicity of the accused
person, the Federal Government brought a
senior police officer that is charged with the
responsibility of keeping exhibits recovered
from terror suspects to testify before the high
court.
The masked witness, PW-8, who told the court
that the accused person had intended to carry
out a suicide attack, produced the burnt Honda
car, the discharged cylinders, half-charred 25
litter jerry-can that allegedly contained fuel, and
persuaded Justice Adeniyi to move the court
outside to inspect the terror items.
Besides, he showed the trial judges who was
accompanied on the inspection tour by lawyers
and journalists, the foot wear the accused
person discarded in his attempt to escape after
he was caught by angry mob within the
premises of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna State where
the attack occurred.
Aside Thisday, two other media houses affected
by the explosion which reportedly led to the
death of about 10 persons, were the Moment
and Sun Newspapers, which offices were
equally situated at the said SOJ plaza.
Convinced that the items brought to court were
worth taking into cognisance in determining the
culpability of the accused to the one-count
terrorism charge preferred against him by the
government, Justice Ademola admitted them
into evidence.
While he entered the cylinders as exhibits MU
7-18, Justice Adeniyi marked the charred can as
exhibit MU-19; the burnt Honda car was
admitted as exhibit MU-20.
Besides, the federal government, through the
police, persuaded the court to watch a video clip
where the accused person confessed that he
was sent to bomb Thisday Newspaper, owing to
a report he said did not only put Islam in false
light, but greatly insulted Prophet Mohammed.
The accused person in the video, said his action
was to avenge the insult meted out on “Allah” by
the media outlet which he said did not deserve
to exist.
The accused, who spoke in Hausa language, said
he knew those that also bombed the Abuja
office of Thisday Newspaper, saying the attack
was equally as a result of the “sins” the media
house committed against Islam

Nothing new they, We are aware that Allah is responsible for all our problems in this country, from terrorism to bad leadership to poverty to sectionalism. just to name few