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...
At the resumed hearing today,14th November,2016 at the Lagos High Court Ikeja,counsel to Ajudua,Alex Agbaka announced his appearance for the defendant.He informed the court that he only stumble on the matter today.''My Lord,I try o contact the defendant sister 'Gina Osuala' and the news got to me that the defendant was hospitalized at the National Hospital Abuja''.He urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and also promised to produce the defendant at the next sitting.'' will enter a personal undertaking that at the next date,I will produce the defendant'' he said.Ajudua was re-arraigned on 25th May,2016 for an alleged fraud of $8.4m.This followed the transfer of his case from Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye to Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja.He was accused of duping the complainant ,a former Chief of Army Staff,Lt Col.Ishaya Bamaiyi,of the sum $8.4m sometime in 2004 at Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos.Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the same court has last year convicted a court registrar.Mrs Oluonke Rosulu,who was accused of helping Ajudua in perpetrating the fraud and sentenced her to 10 years imprisonment.
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