The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the men – Kator Aondohemba and Aondongu Iniongu – were charged before a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court.
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The police charged the couple with criminal conspiracy and kidnapping punishable under sections 97 of the penal code law of Benue, 2004 and 3(2)of the Abduction, Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, Secret Cult and Similar Activities (Prohibition) Law of Benue, 2017.
Shekau confirmed the group had carried out a series of attacks in recent weeks – including a raid on May 7 by about 200 heavily-armed men on Bama village, in Borno State near Nigeria’s north-eastern border with Cameroon