Court Martial sentences Army Lance Corporal to 55 years imprisonment for murder of WHO official.
A General Court Martial presided over by Major General PB Fekrogha on Wednesday sentenced an Army Lance Corporal, Babangida Ibrahim to a total of 55 years imprisonment for killing a Staff of the World Health Organisation (WHO), working in Zamfara State and stealing his property.
The Court Martial, which sat at the Command Officers Mess 1, Asokoro, Abuja, found Lance Corporal Ibrahim guilty on all four counts.
For Count One, Lance Corporal Ibrahim was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment, Count 2, Five years imprisonment, Count 3, Five years imprisonment and Counts 4, Five years imprisonment. However, Counts 2, 3 & 4 are to run concurrently.
According to the facts of the case, Lance Corporal Babangida Ibrahim, while on deployment to Operation Mesa in Zamfara State, on August 11, 2014, without justification, shot and killed Mr Bello Aliyu Abdullahi a WHO Staff.
Thereafter, Lance Corporal Ibrahim at about 4 am, broke into the house of Mr Bello, located at Gidan-Dari, Anka LGA, Zamfara State where he stole a Gionee E3 and a Nokia handset belonging to Mr Bello.
Lance Corporal Ibrahim also stole the Honda Accord car belonging Mr Bello with registration number TRK 414 AA, containing one Laptop computer and the sum of #6,000, which he subsequently moved to Kaduna where his family resides and was using the car as a personal car before investigators arrested him.
Lance Corporal Babangida Ibrahim was charged on four counts of culpable homicide, house breaking and theft.
The President of the GCM, however, disclosed that the judgment and sentence is subject to confirmation by the convening authority which is the Nigerian Army.
