Nigeria, April 8 -- A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a major food supplier to Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, Hamatu Modu, to 40 years imprisonment over terrorism-related activities.

The presiding judge, Justice Binta Fatima Nyako, handed down the sentence after Modu confessed in open court to supplying food items and information to the insurgents.

He was arraigned by the Federal Government, through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on four counts.

Modu pleaded guilty to all counts. The Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), led the prosecution.

In her judgment, Justice Nyako sentenced him to 10 years on each count. However, following a plea by the defen...