26-Year-Old Nigerian Student Jailed 40 Months Over Bomb Threat To UK Varsity
A 26-year-old Masters student at Dundee University, Scotland, Somtochukwu Okwuoha, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a Perth Sheriff Court in the United Kingdom (UK).
Okwuoha, the international energy studies student, will also be deported following his release from prison, according to the BBC.
Okwuoha, who arrived in the United Kingdom in 2021, claimed to have a military background and had enlisted the terror group, Isis to help bomb the university and told staff he planned to target the city in a chemical attack.
Sheriff William Wood said: “Your presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good, and I make a recommendation for your deportation in due course.”
Also, Okwuoha was said to have formed a friendship with a fellow student, who rejected his advances.
Sheriff Wood said: “You were abusive towards her and tried to have her removed from her university course.
“The university decided to suspend you from your course and you turned your attention towards staff.
“You threatened mass murder, terrorism, said you would plant bombs and use biological weapons.”
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