Nigerian courts have to this point convicted about 653 suspects within the Federal Govt’s ongoing mass trial of defendants indicted for belonging to Boko Haram, concealing details about its operations, or financing terrorism.
This was once disclosed by means of the Legal professional Basic of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Friday right through a press interview attended by means of Nairametrics.
Nairametrics previous reported in April 2026 that the court docket, presided over by means of Justice Binta Nyako, had sentenced Hamat Modu to 40 years’ imprisonment for providing logistical support to Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.
Modu was once on the time, arraigned by means of Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation.
What the AGF stated
In line with the AGF, the improvement marks the eleventh segment of the Federal Govt’s prosecution of terrorism suspects arrested by means of safety operatives.
- “For this eleventh segment, I’d say that we have got 1,060 suspects introduced for trial. We aren’t via with it,” he stated.
He famous that, as of 12:45 p.m. on Friday, 880 trials were carried out, leading to 653 convictions.
- “Out of those 880, 653 had been convicted, seven acquitted, 27 discharged,” he added, noting {that a} ultimate determine could be introduced on the finish of the trial.
- He described the mass trial as “the biggest since we began.”
Fagbemi stated the cooperation of the courts, regulation enforcement companies, and attorneys, stressing that the Federal Govt would make sure that terrorism, terrorism financing, and similar actions weren’t given any house in Nigeria.
Extra main points of the terrorism trial
Nairametrics monitored the mass trial prior to Justices James Omotosho, Salim Ibrahim, and Binta Nyako.
A number of defendants pleaded accountable to concealing details about their wisdom of Boko Haram’s actions.
One of the vital defendants was once convicted and sentenced to 45 years’ whilst every other bagged 12 years’ imprisonment prior to Justice Nyako.
Those that pleaded no longer accountable had been remanded for additional trial.
Nigeria’s efforts to fight terrorism financing
In 2022, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), announced the identification of 96 suspected financiers of terrorism across the country, in particular the ones related to Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
The company additionally known 424 mates and supporters attached to those financiers.
The then Minister of Knowledge and Tradition, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this right through a press convention at the anti-corruption efforts of the management of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He additional printed that government had exposed 123 firms and 33 bureau de exchange operators related to terrorism financing, along 26 suspected bandits and kidnappers and 7 co-conspirators.
Earlier terrorism financing prosecutions
The most recent building comes amid the federal government’s efforts to fight terrorist assaults in northern Nigeria and public complaint over their recurrence.
In a similar building, government within the United Arab Emirates named six Nigerians as financiers of terrorist organisations, together with Boko Haram, in September 2021.
The people had in the past been attempted and convicted within the UAE, with an appellate court docket upholding their convictions for investment terrorist teams.