MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).

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 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...

FCTA SEALS PDP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT, FIRS, OTHER BUILDINGS IN ABUJA OVER UNPAID GROUND RENT. (PHOTO).


 FCTA Seals PDP National Secretariat, FIRS, Other Buildings in Abuja Over Unpaid Ground Rent


The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed off Wadata Plaza, the building housing the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), along with several other properties in Abuja, due to unpaid ground and tenancy rents. The action, executed on Monday, also affected complexes hosting the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), a commercial bank, and the Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Wuse Zone 5.


Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, disclosed that Wadata Plaza owes N7,603,504.31 in ground rent spanning 28 years. “On Wadata Plaza being used as PDP National Secretariat, N7,603,504.31 is being owed as 28 years’ Ground Rent,” Olayinka stated in a Facebook post on Monday afternoon following the sealing.


The operation faced resistance at the FIRS building, where security guards and staff initially blocked FCTA officials from entering. After a brief clash, the officials gained access and sealed the property. Olayinka revealed that the FIRS has not paid ground rent for 25 years.


This crackdown follows the FCTA’s recent disclosure that over N6 billion in revenue has been lost due to non-payment of ground rents by property owners, some dating back over a decade. Last week, the FCTA, through a joint statement by Olayinka and Mukhtar Galadima, Director of the Department of Development Control, announced the revocation of 4,794 properties across Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama, and Guzape districts for non-payment of ground rent spanning 10 to 43 years.


The statement confirmed that ownership of the revoked properties has reverted to the FCTA, with the administration set to exercise its rights over the affected lands starting Monday. “This will be done without consideration as to ownership of the affected landed properties. It will be purely in line with extant laws and regulations guiding the process,” the statement read. The FCTA now claims ownership of the sealed buildings as part of its enforcement of statutory obligations.

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