One of the suspected bombers of Nyanya and Kuje,
both satellite towns in Abuja, on October 2, 2015, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, told a
Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that he was guilty of being in
possession of 12 Improvised Explosive Devices and other materials used for
making bombs.
Nasiru, 23, was the youngest among the five persons
arraigned before Justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati on five counts arising from
the multiple bombings, which left scores dead and many others with varying
degrees of injuries.
The fourth count which Nasiru pleaded guilty to had
to do with being in possession of 12 IEDs and materials used for manufacturing
them.
The rest of the accused persons – Abdulazeez Muhazab
(26), Ishiaka Salihu (25), Mohammed Jimoh (33) and Abdullahi Nasiru (34),
however, pleaded not guilty to all the five counts preferred against them.
The accused persons were arraigned for allegedly
conspiring among themselves to carry out the bombings of Kuje town and Jikoyi
park in Nyanya on October 2, resulting in “the death of scores of innocent
citizens and many others who sustained varying degrees of injuries as well as
destroying properties “contrary to sections 17 and 2(a) of the Terrorism
(Prevention) Act 2013.”
The prosecution alleged in the fifth count that
between August and October 2015, Jimoh and Salihu were aiding Abdulazeez
Muhazab (first defendant “to store and conceal” the items suspected to be used
for manufacturing of IEDs, an act punishable under section 2(g) of the law.
The accused persons, who all hailed from Kogi State,
were allegedly arrested with 12 IEDs and other materials used for manufacturing
the explosives in Unguwar Ebira, Karamajiji area, behind Military Cemetery,
along Airport Road in Abuja, on October 6.
source:punch
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