The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted a total of 386 terrorists put on trial by the Federal Government in the last four days.
The convicted terrorists were sentenced to various jail terms ranging from five years to life imprisonment based on the gravity of the charges against them.
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who confirmed this, said that a total of 508 defendants were arraigned before 10 courts between Tuesday and Friday.
Briefing journalists at the conclusion of the mass trial outside the court, Fagbemi said that eight of the defendants were discharged while two were acquitted from the charges against them.
The Minister of Justice further explained that a batch of 112 suspects whose cases could not be attended to would be arraigned along with others in the next phase of the mass trial between June 15 and 18, 2026.
He said that the mass trial and the imprisonment of the 386 terrorists would serve as a signal to criminals that Nigeria has no space for heinous crimes like terrorism.
