Nigeria: Arms Import - Judge Adopts Secret Trial for Iranian, Nigerian Suspects

25 October 2011

Lagos — Trial resumed, Monday, behind closed doors in the case against an Iranian, Azim Aghajani, and a Nigerian, Alli Abass Jega, accused of importing arms illegally into Nigeria from Republic of Iran.

Trial judge, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, who ordered journalists, lawyers and litigants out of the court room as the case was called, cited the need to protect national security for his decision. It was only the accused persons and their counsel that were left in court.

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