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Trial Of Nyanya Bomber Re-Scheduled To July 31

The trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the April 14 bomb blasts which rocked a Bus terminal at Nyanya in the Abuja metropolis, before a Federal … Continue reading Trial Of Nyanya Bomber Re-Scheduled To July 31


Aminu-OgwucheThe trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the April 14 bomb blasts which rocked a Bus terminal at Nyanya in the Abuja metropolis, before a Federal High Court did not hold as scheduled.

This was as a result of the inability of the Police to produce the suspect in court.

Counsel to the Nigerian Police, DSP Oloye Torubgene, told the court that the Police were yet to conclude the process of extraditing the suspect who had fled to Sudan after the incident before he was arrested with the help of the Interpol.

The Trial Judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, thereafter adjourned to July 1 for the suspect to be present in court to take his pleas and face trial.

The suspect, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, aged 29, was alleged to have been the brain behind the plot and execution of the dastardly act where lives of hundreds of Nigerians were lost before he eloped to Sudan where he was later arrested with the assistance of the Interpol.

In a three count charge filed by the Nigerian Police before the Federal High Court, the suspected terrorist is alleged to have conspired with others said to be at large, to commit an act of terrorism by detonating improvised explosive devices at Nyanya Motor Park which resulted in the death of 75 persons and injuring over a hundred other persons.

The act is said to be punishable under section 17 of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act of 2013.

Count two of the charge read, “that Mr Ogwuche, and others now at large, on the 14th of April, 2014 did facilitate the activities of persons engaged in an act of terrorism; by detonating improvised explosive devices at the Nyanya Motor Park which resulted in the death of 75 persons and injuring over a hundred other persons and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 1 (2) (d) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act of 2013.”