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...
Today was a day of joy for a Lagos State Transport Management Authority {LASTMA} officer,Ganiyu Raimi,who was accused of killing a commercial motorcycle rider Clement Okoro at Oke Afa Isolo.Ganiyu Raimi has been in prison ever since the alleged murder occurred in 2010.He was discharged and acquitted by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Ikeja High Court.According to eyewitness accounts regarding the case,they said an argument occurred between Ganiyu Raimi and the deceased Clement Okoro,which led to a hot exchange of words after which Okoro sped off with his bike.Few kilometers away from the scene of the incident the deceased Clement Okoro started to feel unwell and was rushed to the hospital where he died.Ganiyu Raimi's colleagues who testified to the fact that through out the time which the argument lasted,the deceased never alighted from his bike and Ganiyu Raimi did not touch him at any point.While the third witness to the case Humphrey Odem,who was the deceased passenger testified that Ganiyu Raimi hit the deceased with his hands and belt.Justice Akapo said that ''The case is sch that it does not require any explanation from the accused.I thereby hold that the case put together by the prosecution has failed to achieve it's purpose.The case has been a total waste of the time of the Judiciary and the accused is hereby discharged and acquitted''.
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