The Federal High Court, Abuja, after years of trial, sentenced the man behind the bombing of Nyanya Motor Park in 2024 to death by hanging.

The court found the 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, guilty of terrorism and, accordingly, sentenced him to death by hanging.

The explosion occurred during the morning hours when people were going to work, at the time the park was crowded with workers and traders. The explosion killed many and destroyed several commercial vehicles at the Nyanya Park, an outskirt of the FCT, Abuja.