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A 13-year-old would-be suicide bomber who was arrested before she could detonate explosives in the city of Kano claimed that her father gave her to Boko Haram terrorists. A court martial sentenced four soldiers to death for "mutiny and failure to obey lawful orders"; a Nigerian Army battalion commander was cleared on charges of authoring a petition to the president stating "the military was incapacitated to end Boko Haram insurgency in some northern states."