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An Abuja Federal High Court has fixed 1 Abubakar Abba, who is being tried by the Department of the State Services, DSS, for alleged terrorism, until July 20, 2026, to marque up his caput connected whether to plea blameworthy oregon not to the allegations against him.
Abubakar Abba is lasting proceedings alongside Mahmud Usman connected assorted coercion charges earlier Justice Emeka Nwite.
The matter, which was fixed for continuation of proceeding on Thursday, took a melodramatic crook erstwhile Abba informed the tribunal of his volition to retreat his earlier not blameworthy plea.
However, aft conferring with his counsel, Husseina Tukur, Abba told the tribunal that helium was inactive undecided connected whether to alteration his plea oregon clasp the earlier one.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr David Kaswe, opposed immoderate further adjournment, arguing that the suspect had made a akin petition astatine the past sitting.
Kaswe urged the tribunal to proceed with the proceedings if the suspect remained undecided.
In a abbreviated ruling, Justice Emeka Nwite held that it was the archetypal clip the defendant’s volition to alteration his plea was formally brought earlier the court.
The justice said that since the contented was being officially raised connected grounds for the archetypal time, the suspect should beryllium fixed an accidental to marque up his mind.
Justice Nwite subsequently adjourne...
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