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...
Specifically,on the 9th of June 2016,Jerome Emeka Okoye,holder of NGA passport A50232043,applied for a UK visa.As part of his application he suubmitted a Lagos State Revenue Receipt.Analysis of these documents submitted indicates that the defendants forged all the documents being supplied to get their visa.They forged a Certificate of Occupancy in the name of Okoye Jerome,registered as No. 347 at page 112,volume xvii {Certificate of Occupancy} of the Land Registry,Abeokuta.One of the counts read, ''Jerome Emeks Okoye and Kenneth Ogedengbe on or about the 9th June,2016 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud and in order to facilitate your obtaining a UK Visa by false Pretebce from the British High Commission,forged a Lagos State Revenue Receipt,No. 2368651/SGSMRLS,dated 13th April,2016 issued in the name ''St Jerome Electronics Nig Ltd.'' and purported the document to have been issued by Lagos State Government''.They both pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.In view of their plea the prosecution counsel I. O. Daramola asked for a trial date and also requested the accused to be remanded in prison.However,counsel to the 1st and 2nd defendants,Ugoh Nwenyi and J. A Eze make an application for bail,pray the court to move their application.Justice Oyefeso remanded the first and second defendants in Kirikiri Prison and subsequently adjourned the matter till 21st November,2016 for bail application.More photos below.
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