The Federal Government has said it has secured 1,721 terrorism convictions since the commencement of its Mass Trial Programme in October 2017.
This was disclosed by the Director, Legal Services, Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Mr Zakari Mijinyawa, on Thursday during a joint security news briefing by the spokespersons of the security, defence and law enforcement agencies in Abuja.
Mijinyawa said the programme, coordinated by the ONSA, Federal Ministry of Justice, Judiciary and security agencies, had completed 10 phases of terrorism trials.
According to him, the programme has also discharged or acquitted defendants where evidence failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, in line with due process and fair trial standards.
He said the first three phases conducted between 2017 and 2018 recorded 366 convictions, 882 discharges, five acquittals and 61 adjourned cases.
