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...
Yesterday wednesday,officers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,arrested 3 men identified as Yskubu Dankaba {akabYakubu Hamisu},Yahaya Baba and Usman Abdukhakeen {aka Chairman} at Area3 of Garki District,Abuja for their involvement in a N20 million blacking scheme.The suspects allegedly posed as operatives of the EFCC with the aim of extorting N20 million from the FCT Water Board director.They had written a letter,purported to be from the EFCC,and notified him of being under investigation.They however,offered to help him quash the investigation,if he could part with the sum of N20 million.Suspecting that he was about to be swindled,the director alerted the EFCC,which swung into action,caught the three suspects in their own web of tricks.They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.
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