A total of 125 Boko Haram terrorists and their financiers have been convicted in the resumed mass trial held in the past two days in Kainji, Niger State.
A statement on Friday by Kamarudeen Ogundele, SA to the President on Communication & Publicity, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation confirmed this.
He said terrorists were convicted of charges bordering on terrorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support, and cases relating to International Criminal Court (ICC) criminality.
The statement said their trials which held under Giwa Project Kanji Phase Five, between Tuesday and Wednesday, were before five Federal High Court judges led by Justice Binta Nyako.
Ogundele,said other judges involved are Justices Joyce Abdulmalik, Emeka Nwite, Obiora Egwuatu, and Mobolaji Olajuwon.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), is superintending over the trial in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser.
The prosecution team was led by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mohammed Babadoko Abubakar, while the defence team was led by Mr Abdulfatai Bakre from the Legal Aids Council.
Others in attendance as international observers are the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) among others.
The courts convicted 85 persons for terrorism financing, 22 for ICC related crimes while others were convicted for terrorism, and were sentenced to various jail terms. (vitalnewsngr.com)
