Having pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and illegal possession of arms, the three accused persons, Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Tahini and Talal Ahmad Roda returned to the Federal High Court to apply for bail pending the outcome of their trial.
Their lawyer, Robert Clark urged the court to grant them bail because all the witnesses in the case are members of the Department of State Services (DSS) and that the possibility of tampering with evidence is impossible.
Justice Niyi Ademola however fixed the date after listening to Mr Clark, who urged the court to admit them to bail in the most liberal terms.
Mr Clark had argued that there was no evidence showing that the weapons were found in the homes of the accused persons, since the prosecution has not shown any particulars for their claims.
But the director of public prosecution, Simeon Igede opposed the application.
He urged the court to reject the bail on the grounds that the charges against the accused person are serious.
He also argued that the accused persons have dual nationalities and are likely to jump bail.
It would be recalled that on 28 May, a combine team of the Joint Task Force (JTF) involving operatives of the Nigeria Army, and the DSS in Kano conducted a search of the house located at 3 Gaya road off Bompai road allegedly belonging to one Abdul Hassan Taher Fadlalla-a Lebanese national who is now at large and declared wanted.
After searching the building, the security agents uncovered an underground bunker in the master’s bed room were these large quantity of assorted weapons of different type and calibre.
A raid on the residence of one of the Lebanese had uncovered eleven 60 mm anti-tank weapons, four anti-tank landmines, two rounds of ammunition for a 122 mm artillery gun, 21 rocket-propelled grenades, seventeen AK-47s with more than 11,000 bullets and dynamite.
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