Nigeria, March 24 -- The trial of nine defendants linked to the June 2025 Yelwata, Benue State, massacre stalled on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja after one of the suspects slipped into unconsciousness and slumped before proceedings started.

The suspect, Haruna Abdullahi, the third defendant, slumped from his seat, falling to the floor and leaving prison officials scrambling to revive him.

The prison officials helped him back onto his chair, but he remained unresponsive.

He was still unconscious after the judge arrived to start proceedings.

Mr Abdullahi is standing terrorism trial alongside seven others for the fatal attack on the agrarian Yelwata community in Benue State, North-central Nigeria, on 13 June 2025.

The suspe...