Nigeria, April 12 -- The US government has commended the Nigerian government for the conviction of 386 terrorism suspects in a mass trial.

President Donald Trump's Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, disclosed in a post on X that the Trump administration is pleased with the fast-tracking of the trials of the individuals in a case that lasted four days.

The prosecutions, which began on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja and were concluded by Friday, are part of a series of trials involving Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) suspects that started ​in 2017 with more than 2,000 defendants.

Mr Boulos described the mass trial of the suspects as an important step toward accountabili...