Yesterday Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, the head of the government's amnesty committee, announced the signing of a ceasefire with Boko Haram, saying Boko Haram members had agreed to lay down their arms. Today Turkaki said the deal had not yet been finalized but that Boko Haram was already observing the ceasefire. Influential Boko Haram member Imam Muhammadu Marwana confirmed the agreement; he also denied the group was responsible for the recent school attack in Yobe that killed at least 30 students. Four members of Boko Haram were sentenced to life in prison for bomb attacks on an electoral office and a church in 2012 in which 19 people were killed. Only a few of the hundreds of militants said to have been arrested have been taken to court, and the recent life terms are the heaviest sentences given to Boko Haram members so far.
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