Babagana Habeeb, a former senatorial candidate in Borno, has bagged a 10 year jail term for “selling petroleum” to Boko Haram terrorists.
Habeeb was found guilty on Friday after entering a guilty plea to a single count of aiding and abetting terrorism that the federal government had brought against him.
The defendant, a fuel trader from Maiduguri, acknowledged that he supplied petroleum supplies to terrorists operating in the northeast.
However, he claimed that attendants at his filling station might have handled the purchases.
Following the sentence, Habeeb begged for forgiveness, pleading that he had two wives and six children.
He claimed that he had been detained for more than ten years without communicating with them.
The presiding judge Peter Lifu , however maintained that there was no evidence showing that Habeeb was a member of the terrorist group or had undergone weapons training.
The judge stated that the charge before the court was limited to the sale of fuel to the terrorists.
The court further directed that the defendant be released after completing the sentence, with a recommendation for rehabilitation.
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