28th October, 2011
A man, Fafana Sekon, was on Friday arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly seeking a volunteer to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for the Boko-Haram sect.
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Police Prosecutor Danjuma Etobi told the court that the suspect was arrested on 5 September, 2011 by the operatives of Lagos CID Annex, attached to Area ‘G’, Ogba Police Station, Lagos.
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He said the patrol team found a text message sent by the accused to his friends through his blackberry chat, informing them of the plot.
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This is the message found on the phone: “Boko Haram has offered to pay $5 million to anybody that would volunteer to bomb down the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos.’’
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Etobi said the accused was charged with belonging to an unlawful society which contravened section 97B of the Penal Code Law.
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The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge but Chief Magistrate Okeagu Azubuike ordered he be remanded in prison custody.
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The case was adjourned  till 1 December for hearing.