Tag: #TerrorismTrial
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TUKUR MAMU ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED N50 MILLION FROM TERRORISTS AFTER ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK, DSS TESTIFIES
In a dramatic session at the Federal High Court, a DSS investigator revealed that Mr. Tukur Mamu was offered N50 million by Shugaba, the leader of the terrorist group responsible for the deadly Abuja-Kaduna train attack in March 2022. The testimony, given behind a witness screen for security reasons, detailed Mamu’s alleged role as a…
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IPOB LEADER NAMNDI KANU CHALLENGES JUDGMENT DAY AT FEDERAL HIGH COURT
At the Federal High Court in Abuja, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu interrupted proceedings as Justice James Omotosho was about to deliver judgment in his terrorism trial. Standing up, Kanu declared, “My lord there is no judgment today because we have joined issues in the matter,” challenging the court’s move. The judge reminded him of courtroom…
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FEDERAL HIGH COURT ORDERS JUDGMENT IN NAMNDI KANU TERRORISM TRIAL TO PROCEED IN HIS ABSENCE
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the judgment in the terrorism trial of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu be delivered without him present. Justice James Omotosho cited Section 266(1)(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 to justify proceeding despite Kanu’s absence. The judge noted Kanu’s disruptive courtroom behavior and said,…
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NNAMDI KANU DROPS LEGAL TEAM TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN TERRORISM TRIAL
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has decided to represent himself in court after his entire legal team, led by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, withdrew from his ongoing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Speaking directly to Justice James Omotosho, Kanu challenged the court’s jurisdiction and announced his…
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NNAMDI KANU NAMES EX-AGF MALAMI AND TOP POLITICIANS AS WITNESSES IN TERRORISM TRIAL
The leader of the outlawed IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has officially listed former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, along with other prominent Nigerian figures like Nyesom Wike, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Hope Uzodimma, as witnesses in his ongoing terrorism case. Kanu personally signed and filed a motion to call 23 witnesses, aiming to build a comprehensive defense and shed…
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DSS ARRAIGNS FIVE MEN OVER 2022 OWO CHURCH MASSACRE AHEAD OF AUGUST TRIAL
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five men in Abuja for their alleged involvement in the brutal June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, which killed over 40 worshippers and injured more than 100. The accused, linked to the Al Shabab terrorist cell in Kogi State, face…
