Nigeria, Jan. 5 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday denied bail to Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and four co-defendants facing terrorism financing charges.

Trial judge Emeka Nwite held that the defendants were undeserving of bail because of the nature of the charges they face.

He explained that terrorism-related charges border on threat to national security and social order.

He added that although the defendants enjoy the right of presumption of innocence, the right is not absolute and releasing them on bail while they undergo trial on terrorism-related charges can endanger the public.

"I am not unmindful of the constitutional provision of Section 36(5), which provides that every person charged with a c...