MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).
Military judge suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession in 9/11 case A military judge has excluded a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, ruling that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision is a setback for the U.S. government's long-running effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of helping develop the plot to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Mohammed remains detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the case, scheduled a June 2028 trial for Mohammed and three other defendants earlier this week. In an order issued Friday that has not been made public, Schrama barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made during four days of FBI questioning at Guantanamo in January 2007. Mohammed had previously been captured and held by the CIA, where he was subjec...
According to sources,a 28 year old woman,Helen Essien,a mother of three and from Akwa Ibom whom owns a popular dog pepper soup joint in Ajao estate,Lagos,was arrested and charged before Oshodi magistrate court for allegedly stealing her neighbours dogs to prepare pepper soup.Helen went to the dog owners house,Andrew Ozo at Aimasiko street,off Afariogun street,Oshodi,Lagos and asked him to sell his three dogs to her but she refused.The following day,he woke up in the morning and did not find the dogs again.He hurriedly went to Essien's bar and found she and her workers busy preparing dog pepper soap.Andrew confronted her and she denied.He reported the matter at Makinde police Division.During interrogations,Helen Essien confessed she went to Andrew's house to check the dogs but denied stealing them.She claimed that she only went to Andrew's house because her dog's were missing but she pretended that she wanted to buy his dogs in order to check if they were her own.She will remain in Kirikiri prison until she meet up with the bail of N200,000 and two surties, set by the Magistrate. 
Comments
Post a Comment