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By OLAWALE AKINREMI
A 33-year-old man, Adamu Babangida, 33, on Monday pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting terrorism before Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, Ibadan.
Babangida, who had been remanded for over three years, pleaded guilty to the three-count amended charge.
He had been facing a seven-count charge since March 2024, before it was amended to three counts on Monday.
Consequently, the judge adjourned the matter to Jan. 18 for the presentation of facts.
The prosecuting counsel, Mrs Aderonke Imama, had earlier told the court that Babangida was arrested sometime in Jan. 2023.
She said he was arrested conveying 20.76 MN special live ammunition and other sophisticated weapons in a Toyota bus, marked ARS76XA, with the intention of equipping terrorists.
Imama stated that Babangida, a resident of NNPC area, Jalingo, Taraba State, was apprehended by military operatives in Akure during a stop-and-check operation.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened provisions of Sections 26(A), 4(B), 41(A), and 43(1A) of the Terrorism Prohibition and Prevention Act 2022. (NAN)
