Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- Nine men accused of involvement in the deadly Yelwata attack in Benue State on Monday pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, a day after the federal government announced their planned arraignment.

They were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdul-Malik on a 57-count amended charge filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), PREMIUM TIMES learnt from court proceedings and a report by PUNCH Online.

On Sunday, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the federal government said it would arraign suspects arrested over the June 2025 Yelwata massacre, assuring Nigerians that justice would be pursued following what it described as painstaking investigations and inter-agen...