Federal High Court
The federal government Monday commenced the trial of three Lebanese charged with terrorism-related offences. At the commencement of the trial before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the prosecutors also filed fresh charges related to money-laundering and illegal importation of goods, among other crimes, against the accused persons.
Monday, the prosecution called three witnesses, who were mainly officials of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), to testify in the case. The Lebanese - Mustapha Fawaz (49), Abdallah Thahini (48) and Talal Ahmad Roda (51) - were charged with their companies – Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park Resort.
Before the commencement of the trial Monday, the accused persons were re-arraigned on a 16-count amended charge, to which they pleaded not guilty.
Among the charges against them were that they conspired and engaged in unlawful importation of prohibited firearms between 1988 and 2008 in Kano.
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