The Police authority today arraigned before a federal high court an alleged member of the militant Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram, Mustapha Usman over the bomb attack on the office of Thisday, The Moment and The Sun Newspapers offices located at the premises of S0J Plaza in Kaduna.
It would be recalled that the 34 years old
Mustapha Umar from Yobe state was arrested on the 16th April,2012 when he
allegedly drove a White Honda Academy car laden with explosive into the
premises of SOJ Plaza where he detonated the explosive leaving few people
wounded
The alleged terrorist who was brought into the
court admst tight security could not take his plea on the ground he was not
represented by a counsel
When Justice Ademola Adeniji sought to know why he
could not hire the service of a lawyer the suspect who spoke through an
interpreter said the police denied his love ones access to him while in the cell
Counsel to the federal government, Simon Labaran
said the government was set for expeditious trial of the matter,arguing
that the suspect cannot delay hearing of the matter on the ground that he was
told as at the time of arrest that he would need the services of a counsel
Justice Adeniji however said the court cannot seek
the help of the Legal Aid Council to arrange for a lawyer to represent the
alleged terrorist following the security and sensitive nature of the matter
The trial
Judge adjourned the matter to 5ft of February,2013 and ordered the police to
remind Mustapha Umar in Koje prison to enable him have access to his relatives
and hire a lawyer of his choice.
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