Military court jails 3 friends who joked about B’Haram

Three young men  have been convicted of ‘non-denunciation of terrorist acts’ – The Amnesty International in reaction to the 10 years imprisonment slammed on three young men, said  they should never have been arrested in the first place Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A young men identified as Fomusoh Ivo Feh, and his friends Afuh Nivelle Nfor and Azah Levis Gob have been convicted of ‘non-denunciation of terrorist acts’. They were convicted by a Military Court in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Samira Daoud, in reaction to the 10 years imprisonment slammed on three young men, said  they should never have been arrested in the first place, as they were simply exercising their right to freedom of expression. Daoud said “Instead of being in school like their friends, these three young men will now spend years of their lives in prison for a simple joke.

Car explosion kills 9 in Borno “This ruling is clear evidence that Cameroonian military courts should not have jurisdiction to try civilians. The Cameroonian authorities must quash their conviction and sentence and immediately and unconditionally release all three of them.” Ivo, 27, was arrested on December 13, 2014 after forwarding his friends a sarcastic SMS referring to Boko Haram. He was held in police custody in Douala before being transferred to Yaoundé Prison in January 2015. Meanwhile, a video of a major clash between officers of the Nigerian Army and the Boko Haram terrorist gropup has emerged just as the government prepares to empower 7,000 widows. The executive director of the Victims Support Fund, Prof Sunday Ocheche, revealed that N120 million had been earmarked to empower the 7,000 widows and other vulnerable women affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.