Six Held on Charges of Spying for Russia
From Times Wire Reports
Three Nigerian Defense Ministry staffers and three foreigners are being held pending a hearing on spying charges, court officials said.
Court papers allege that the Nigerians colluded with Irishman James Nolan, Romanian Bogdan Dumitrescu and Israeli Eliav Hommossany to illegally obtain classified security documents and that they intended to pass them to the Russian Embassy in Nigeria.
The six have pleaded not guilty. They could get as much as 14 years in prison if convicted.
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