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...
In a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan,the Special Assistant,Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kaduna state Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said the governor gave the directives at a meeting with officials of all banks hosting the state government's revenue and expenditure accounts.He said the meeting was also attended by the Kaduna state Branch Controller of the CBN.El-Rufai explained that after the establishment of the Treasury Single Account {TSA},the state government will open specified sub-accounts with the CBN and the commercial banks.''The banks officials present assured the governor that within five working days of receiving the formal instructions from the state government,they will close the accounts and remit the balances to the TSA''.The statement also disclosed that selected revenue holding accounts will be excluded from the directive.The government will publish needed Treasury Circulars and other instructions to ive effect to these decisions.While thaking the banks for their continued support,the governor assured them that a session will be organized to explain to the banks how the new TSA and the sub-accounts will work.According to El-Rufai,the decision to close the accounts was to give way for implementation of the Treasury Single Account,TSA,framework by 1 September,2015.He said the decision was part of the process of attaining this goal and all the banks that maintain the accounts of the government have not only been put on notice to close them,but have also been asked to remit the balances of the Central Bank of Nigeria which will host the state's Treasury Single Account {TSA}.
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