A farmer, Malam Mele Modu, has been jailed 10 years for failing to report Boko Haram activities in his community.
Modu, a father of eight from Abara village in Bara Local Government Area of Borno State, was convicted on Friday by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
He was found him guilty of intentionally refusing to report the activities of Boko Haram members to security agencies.
He admitted negligence for not volunteering information that would have led to the arrest and prosecution of the terrorists.
Modu is one of the 47 suspected terrorists put on trial by the Federal Government before Justice Binta Nyako.
He was prosecuted on a four-count charge bordering on Boko Haram membership, supporting terrorists by harvesting beans for them in the farm and concealing information on the activities of the terrorists.
The convict denied three of the four charges but admitted guilt to refusal to support the Federal Government with information that would have curtailed the unlawful activities of the terrorists.
During the arraignment, the convict told the court that he was afraid to expose the terrorists for fear of being killed.
The excuse was however rejected by the court as being untenable in the face of Section 8(1) and ( b) of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2013.
His lawyer, Mr Dauda Hassan, made efforts to get released on the ground that he feared being killed by the terrorists were unsuccessful.
Justice Nyako pronounced him guilty of violating Section 8 (1) and ( b) of the terrorism law and ordered him to spend 10 years in prison.
His jail term will start from 2016, when he was apprehended by operatives of the Department of the State Services, DSS.
