In a two-day mass trial held in Kainji, Niger State, no fewer than 125 Boko Haram terrorists and their financiers have been convicted. This was announced on Friday by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Assistant to the President on Communication and Publicity in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
 
According to the statement, the convicts faced charges including terrorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support and crimes related to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
 
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), supervised the trial alongside the Office of the National Security Adviser. 
 
The trials, conducted under Giwa Project Kainji Phase Five, took place between Tuesday and Wednesday before five Federal High Court judges led by Justice Binta Nyako. 
 
The other judges were Justices Joyce Abdulmalik, Emeka Nwite, Obiora Egwuatu and Mobolaji Olajuwon. The prosecution team was headed by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mohammed Babadoko Abubakar, while the defence was led by Mr. Abdulfatai Bakre from the Legal Aid Council. 

International observers present included representatives from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
 
The courts convicted 85 individuals for terrorism financing, 22 for ICC-related crimes, and the remaining for terrorism, sentencing them to various prison terms. 
 
Meanwhile 400 defendants who have completed their sentences have been transferred to Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State for rehabilitation, deradicalisation and reintegration, the statement added.