Crime
PHOTOS: 2014 Nyanya bomb blast: Court sentences 37-year-old culprit to d3ath by hanging
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, sentenced a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, to d3ath by hanging over his involvement in the 2014 Nyanya Motor Park bomb explosions.
No fewer than 70 people were k!lled while several others sustained varying degree of injuries.
Justice James Omotsoho, in a judgment delivered in the just-concluded Abuja mass trial of suspected terrorists, also handed down a life imprisonment for Mr Garba in another count of the five-count charge.
Justice Omotosho convicted the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the five counts preferred against him by the Federal Government.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the judgement was delivered on Tuesday in the charge number: FHC/KNJ/CR/985/2026, filed by the office of the Attorney-General of three Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice.
The judge sentenced Mr Garba to a 35-year jail term each in counts one and two, a life imprisonment in count three, a d3ath sentence in counts four and five.
“May God have mercy on you,” the judge said.
NAN reports that in count three which attracted a life imprisonment, Garba of Jambutu Park, Jimeta Local Government Area of Adamawa, and others now at large, were alleged to have, sometime in 2014 while at the Nyanya Motor Park, FCT Abuja, within the jurisdiction of the court, committed the offence.
They were said to have knowingly conspired among themselves “to commit acts of terrorism by planning and coordinating the bombing of Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja through the use of explosives devices, which bombing resulted in the d3ath of over 70 persons and injured several others.”
The offence is punishable under Section 17 of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 and punishable under same Section of the Act.
In count four which also attracted capital punishment, the terrorist, who stated in his confessional statement that he used to sell tea and bread, with others now at large, were said to have, sometime in 2014 while at the Nyanya Motor Park, FCT Abuja, committed the offence.
They were said to have “knowingly and intentionally caused the detonation of explosive devices at Nyanya Motor Park with intent to cause death and serious bodily harm to members of the public, which act resulted in over 70 (Seventy) persons’ d3ath and injuries to several others.”
The offence is punishable under Section 1(3) of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013.
Also in count five which attracted d3ath penalty, the convict and others now at large were said to have, sometime in 2014 while at the Nyanya Motor Park, FCT Abuja, “participated in an act of terrorism which caused the d3ath of over 70 (Seventy) persons by detonating explosives.”
According to the charge, you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(3) of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013.
Justice Omotosho also handed down various prison terms to some other terrorists who pleaded guilty to the separate terrorism charges filed against them.
Ali Mohammed, in charge number: FHC/KNJ/CR/1020/2026, was committed to a 25-year jail term in count one and 15-year imprisonment in count two.
Isa Saleh was sentenced to a 20-year imprisonment in a one-count charge marked: FHC/KNJ/CR/973/2026.
Tujan Mohammed, in a charge marked: FHC/KNJ/CR/954/2026, also bagged a 20-year jail term in the one count preferred against him by the Federal Government.
For Salisu Bala, the judge convicted and sentenced him to a 20-year imprisonment in count two but discharged and acquitted him in counts one and three in the charge marked: FHC/KNJ/CR/963/2026.
NAN reports that the trial, which usually takes place at Kainji in Niger, was moved to the the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja.
The AGF, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who led the Federal Government’s team of lawyer for the prosecution, said the government was determined to stamp out terrorism and its related activities from the country.
“We will fight with every inch of our blood to ensure that we make Nigeria a safe haven for everybody,” Fagbemi said.
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PHOTOS: Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals arrested in India for allegedly duping 63-year-old retired govt officer
Police have arrested Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals for allegedly duping a retired Central Government officer of Rs 13.10 lakh in India.
Acting on the directions of Police Commissioner Pankaj Nain, the cyber crime police on Sunday, July 13, 2026, arrested the Zimbabwean, Tapuwa, who had come to India on a student visa, and the Nigerian, Kenneth, who was staying on a medical visa.
The accused allegedly created fake identities of women from the UK on WhatsApp and lured the victim into investing in a fake pharmaceutical business by promising returns of three times the investment.
Both accused were produced before the court and remanded to five days of police custody.
A 63-year-old retired officer from Panchkula lodged a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Portal on February 20.
He stated that in December 2025, he came in contact with a woman on Facebook, who claimed to be living in the UK.
The woman introduced him to another person claiming to be her relative.
She convinced the retired officer to invest in a pharmaceutical business, assuring him that the company would purchase and sell the products and provide huge profit to him.
The complainant transferred Rs 13.10 lakh to different bank accounts between December 2025 and February 2026.
However, he neither received any products nor any profit.
Based on technical investigation, a police team reached Bahadurgarh, where they arrested Tapiwa and Kenneth.
The accused handed the mobile phones and SIM cards used in committing the cyber fraud.
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