The Defense Headquarters on Thursday have announced that the Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military.
Briefing Journalists on Thursday in Abuja, the Director of Defense Media operations, Major General Buba Edward said the court had ordered their release for lack of sufficient evidence to nail the suspects of terrorism after investigations.
“During the week, as a follow-up to a court order of the Federal High Court in Maiduguri, a total of 313 suspects in detention for terrorism related offenses were to be released to the Borno state government.
”The Court ordered the release for want of evidence after the conclusion of the investigation and other ancillary matters
”Accordingly, they will be handed over to the Borno State Government for further actions”, The Defense spokesman said.
