Federal High Court, FHC, Abuja, yesterday began the mass trial of suspected terrorists.
The trial, which usually takes place at Kainji in Niger State, was moved to Abuja since the court is currently on Easter vacation.
The vacation, which commenced on April 7, will end on April 13 and regular court sittings will resume on Tuesday, April 14, across all divisions of the court.
NAN reports that the 13 courts at the Abuja FHC is currently busy with terrorist cases.
Some of the trial judges are Justices Binta Nyako, Emeka Nwite, Musa Liman and Akpan Ekerete, among others.
While the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), led the team of the federal government’s lawyers before Justice Nyako, Director-General, Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, led the team of lawyers for the 20 suspected terrorists before Nyako.
Some of the suspected terrorists in Nyako’s cause list include Hamat Modu, Isah Ali, Awal Bello, Shehu Bukar, Alhaji Kulle, Mohammed Abacha Hassan, Aminami Mallum, Tasiu Yakubu, Abdullahi Ali, among others.
NAN reports that there was heavy security beef-up in and around the court, as all roads leading to the court were blocked by armed security personnel, while police helicopter hovered around the Central Business District. NAN
