The judgment came less than 24 hours after a court in Katsina State imposed a death sentence on a woman convicted on charges related to arms trafficking.

A High Court of Kogi State has sentenced to death a man prosecuted by the Department of State Services, DSS, for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour.

The explosion, which killed 20 people including a Singaporean, occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an area popular with foreign tourists.

Chidozie Obinna, the first defendant, was convicted and sentenced in absentia after he allegedly absconded while on bail during the trial.