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,the developer known as Paramo Development Ventures Limited wrote to the market union about its intention to collect tolls from traders who brought goods or containers into the market.The letter stated that owners of each container brought into the market with goods will pay a fee of between N10,000 and N20,000 depending on the size of the container,while anybody that comes to the market to buy any spare parts will pay between N200 and N500 and will be issued receipts.Paramo also informed the traders that they will pay N200 for any good bought outside and brought into their shops for sale.The union replied them on behalf of the traders that they will not pay such levies.After the union's response,trouble started when Paramo workers attempted to enforce the policy at the market.Some traders resisted and seized Paramo's receipts and threatened to mo the workers if they continued the levy collection.It took the intervention of the market's security officials to bring the situation under control.It was gathered by sources that Paramo leased the market from Mushin Local Government for 25 years and sub-leased some portions to the traders for some years on condition that the traders will use their money to build shops.It was learnt that part of the agreement was that the traders paid allocation fee of between N150,000 and N200,000 to Paramo for each shop and will be paying a certain amount of money every year to Paramo as toll and Paramo will in turn pay Mushin council.Though the Mushin council has summoned the warring parties to a meeting to resolve the crisis.
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