Nigerian student sentenced to 40 months in jail term for threatening to bomb UK university
To be deported afterwards
A Nigerian master’s degree student at Dundee University, Scotland, Somtochukwu Okwuoha, 26, has been sentenced to 40 months behind bars over threats to bomb the institution.
The Perth Sheriff Court ruled that the international energy studies student should be deported after serving his jail term.
In November, the BBC reported that the court found the 26-year-old master’s student guilty of seven charges, including making terrorist threats against the university. He was remanded in custody.
Okwuoha claimed he had enlisted ISIS, a terrorist organisation, to help bomb the university. He also told the university staff that he planned to target the city in a chemical att@ck.
Sheriff William Wood said Okwuoha’s “presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good, and I make a recommendation for your deportation in due course”.
