Nigeria: Suleja Bombing - SSS Tenders 250 Ieds As Evidence

21 December 2012

Abuja — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, admitted into evidence, 250 different explosive making devices allegedly meant to be used by six apprehended members of the Boko Haram sect to attack the venue of an event that was attended by Vice President Namadi Sambo in Kaduna State on July 28, 2011.

However, trial Justice Bilkisu Aliyu, yesterday, declined to take custody of the evidence comprising IEDs and bundles of connector wires, even as she granted the State Security Service, SSS, leave to take them away for safe keeping pending when it would be needed for examination by the court.

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