ICC Note: Cameroon has sentenced 89 Boko Haram militants to death for participating in terrorism, according to reports. The violent Islamist terror group has waged a brutal campaign of death, rape, and destruction in northern Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger since 2009, primarily targeting Christians for their faith. Only recently, Boko Haram has opened up the scope of terror to go after fellow Muslims they do not believe are truly practicing the religion. In the past, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has called out Cameroonian leader Paul Biya to repent, considering the country’s constitution and laws to be un-Islamic.

By Zacheaus Somorin with Agency Reports

3/17/16 Cameroon (AllAfrica) – Reports indicate that 89 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been sentenced to death for terrorism.

According to a BBC report, a military court tried the insurgents for their roles in several attacks in the northern part of the country which borders Nigeria. Since 2009 when Boko Haram launched its campaign of violence, Cameroon has been its next target after Nigeria.

In January 2015, Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, threatened to attack Paul Biya, president of Cameroon, over his country’s role in the regional force set up to fight insurgency. “Oh Paul Biya, if you don’t stop this your evil plot, you will taste what has befallen Nigeria,” Shekau had said in a video.

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