No fewer than 125 Boko Haram terror- ists and financiers have been convicted in the resumed mass trial held over two days in Kainji, Niger State. They were convicted of charges bordering on ter- rorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support, and cases relating to International Criminal Court (ICC) criminality.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), is superintending the trial in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser. The trials held under Giwa Project Kanji Phase Five, between Tuesday and Wednesday, were before five Federal High Court judges led by Justice Binta Nyako.
Others are Justices Joyce Abdulmalik, Emeka Nwite, Obiora Egwuatu, and Mobolaji Olajuwon. 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 Aid Council. Others in attendance as international observers are the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the United Na- tions Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) etc