Abuja Federal High Court that a suspected
Boko Haram member, Mustapha Umar,
wept bitterly over his failure to die in a
suicide mission.
The
witness, a police detective, said he interrogated
Umar after he was arrested in Kaduna and
brought to Abuja.Umar is standing trial for
allegedly bombing a plaza housing the offices of
some newspapers in Kaduna in April 2012.
The accused, the detective said, was unhappy
because not dying with victims of the attack had
denied him the opportunity to make heaven.
The witness was masked, and his name not
disclosed, in line with a court order protecting
witnesses that testify in terrorism-related trials.
Testifying while being led in evidence by
prosecution counsel, Mr. Simon Labaran, the
witness narrated how Umar was handed over to
him at the Force Criminal Investigation
Department, Area 10, Garki, Abuja, after his
arrest in Kaduna on April 26, 2012.
He said, "I was serving in Force CID Area 10,
Abuja, as a detective in charge of investigation of
terrorism cases.
"On April 26, 2012, the accused person was
brought from Kaduna and handed over to me for
discreet investigation.
"The accused person was involved in the
bombing of ThisDay office (in Kaduna).
"He was always crying because the operation he
went for failed, he said that he would have been
happier if he had died in the operation with
people (victims) so that he would be in heaven."
The witness informed the court that the suspect
made five statements while he was interrogated.
He further told the court that Umar was not
tortured before he confessed, adding that he was
given medical treatment.
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