Two Nigerians accused of belonging to an unnamed Iranian terrorist - TopicsExpress

Two Nigerians accused of belonging to an unnamed Iranian terrorist group – Abdullahi Mustapha Berende and Saidi Adewumni – were on Thursday refused bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Justice Ahmed Mohammed also ordered that members of the public, apart from accredited journalists, would not enter the courtroom during the trial of the accused persons. The accused persons had in their bail application, asked the court to, in the alternative, transfer them from the custody of the State Security Service to the Kuje Prisons, Abuja. Ruling on the application, the judge noted that the suspects did not convince the court to exercise its discretion to grant bail in their favor.