Nigeria frees 475 Boko Haram suspects for lack of evidence
Thousands have been arrested as Nigeria has tried to crack down on Boko Haram whose bloody quest to establish a hardline Islamic state has left at least 20,000 dead (AFP Photo/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)/ Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria has freed another 475 Boko Haram suspects following a series of mass trials in which most cases were dropped for lack of evidence, the justice ministry said Sunday. Over the course of the week, hundreds of suspected Boko Haram extremists have appeared before a court at the Kainji military base in central Niger state. The ...
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