Man sentenced to death by handing for role Nyanya bomb blasts

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, to death by hanging for his role in the deadly 2014 Nyanya Motor Park bomb attack that claimed several lives and left many others injured.
Justice James Omotosho handed down the sentence during the recently concluded mass trial of terrorism suspects in the Federal Capital Territory.
Garba was convicted after pleading guilty to a five-count terrorism-related charge filed against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
The Nyanya bomb blasts, which occurred on the outskirts of Abuja in April 2014, killed at least 70 people and injured several others, mak...