One of the two suspected commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group Nigerian security forces captured alive last year has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja for more time to consider changing his not-guilty plea that he previously entered in his their ongoing terrorism trial.
The defendant, Abubakar Abba, on Tuesday, got Judge Emeka Nwite to adjourn proceedings until 20 July to make a final decision on his plea.
Mr Abba, also known as Abu Bara’a, is standing trial alongside Mahmud Usman, also known as Isah Adam. Co-defendant
The defendants, globally wanted suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaeda, were captured alive by Nigerian security forces in August 2025 and face 32 terrorism-related charges linking them to illegal mining and terrorist attacks in Nigeria between 2013 and 2015.
One of them, Mr Usman, pleaded guilty to one of the 32 counts, prompting the judge to sentence him to 15 years’ imprisonment.
