A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the case against three Lebanese nationals accused of terrorism and illegal importation of arms and ammunition.

At the resumed hearing, the prosecutor, Simon Egede, while closing the case adopted his written address and urged the court to convict and sentence the accused persons for being members of a terrorist group known as Hezbollah.

The defence counsel, Robert Clarke, however prayed the court to discountenance the submissions of the prosecutor on the ground that Hezbollahs are not known as terrorists by Nigerian law.

On May 28, the combine team of the Joint Task Force (JTF) involving operatives of the Nigerian Army, and the DSS in Kano conducted a search of a house located at No3 Gaya road off Bompai road allegedly belonging to one Abdul Hassan Taher Fadlalla-a Lebanese national.

After searching the building, the security agents uncovered an underground bunker in the master’s bed room where large quantities of assorted weapons of different types and calibre were found.

A raid on the residence of one of the Lebanese had uncovered eleven 60 mm anti-tank weapons, four anti-tank landmines, two rounds of ammunition for a 122 mm artillery gun, 21 rocket-propelled grenades, seventeen AK-47s with more than 11,000 bullets and dynamite.

The discoveries according to the officers confirm the existence of Hezbollah cell in Nigeria.

A statement by the military spokesperson in Kano, Captain Ikedichi Iweha announced that three suspects were arrested between May 16 and May 28 and they all admitted to being members of Hezbollah under questioning.