109 suspected terrorists sentenced to death in Cameroon
800 people are also being held by security agents in the country on suspicion of participating in terrorism.
Boko Haram
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This was disclosed by Cameroonian investigative journalist, Chief Bisong Etahoben via Twitter.
“Of about 800 persons held in Cameroon on suspicion of links 2 Boko Haram, 109 have so far been sentenced to death and awaiting execution,” he wrote.
“Yerima Abba Yusufa, a prince, has been arrested by gendarmes in Mora on suspicion of links with Boko Haram,” he added.
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Cameroon had, in March 2016, sentenced 89 members of the sect to death. The insurgents were convicted by a military court for participating in a series of terrorist attacks in Cameroon's northern region.
In December 2014, Cameroon adopted a controversial anti-terrorism law, which permits the death penalty as a sentence for perpetrators or accomplices of terrorist acts.
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