Somtochukwu Okwuoha, a Nigerian student at Dundee University, Scotland, has reportedly bagged 40 months prison term for making terrorism threats against the staff and students of the university.
Twenty-six-year-old Okwuoha, a Master’s student found guilty of terrorism threat by a Peth Sheriff Court, would consequently be deported after serving his prison term.
The student of International Energy Studies allegedly claimed that he had military background and was capable of making bombs and unleashing a deadly virus on the city.
Okwuoha arrived in the United Kingdom in 2021. Witnesses said he claimed that he had enlisted the terror group, ISIS, to help bomb the university. In addition, he was said to have told staff of the institution of his plan to target the city in a chemical attack.
“Your presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good, and I make a recommendation for your deportation in due course,” Sheriff William Wood had said.
After he had threatened a fellow female student who refused his advances, the charge against him read in parts, “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.”
Okwuoha, a prisoner at Perth, was found guilty of threatening to murder staff at the university and committing terrorist crimes between December 2021 and June 2022.
Also, he was found guilty of threatening to commit mass murder, using biological weapons, revealing staff details to international authorities and claiming to have planted bombs.
Okwuoha was also found guilty of threatening to behead police officers and detonate bombs he had planted at Dundee University.
Fifty-eight-year-old Keith Mackle, a retired director of student services, told Perth Sheriff Court that he became aware of ‘serious concerns’ in the autumn of 2021.
According to him, staff members received emails making terrorism threats.
Another witness said, “Expect a massive bomb explosion at the University of Dundee. I have contacted ISIS terrorists to plant bombs on campus.
“I can assure you staff and students will die in great numbers. 9/11 will be a joke compared to what will happen. Blood will spill and flesh will be scattered.
