Edmund Ebiware, one of the four persons arraigned for the October 1, 2010 bomb attack in Abuja, was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High court in Abuja.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole ruled that Ebiware might be eligible for parole after serving 32 years of his jail, on the condition that he is of good behaviour.
He cited the section 40(B) of the Criminal Code Act which provides that “any person who becomes an accessory to treason or becomes aware of the commission of the treason and did not give evidence to the President,a State Governor or a peace officer ,in order to prevent the commission of the crime is liable to treason and sentence to life imprisonment.”
Refusing to leave the court premises, the convict reportedly yelled: “My conviction is political. After what I have done for this country, is this how they will pay me back?”
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