A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial within trial involving suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu has told a federal high court in Abuja that the defendants made their confessional statements voluntarily.
The witness, an officer of the Nigerian Army corps of military police, testified before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Tuesday, May 12.
The court had ordered a trial within trial after defence lawyers challenged the federal government’s attempt to tender video recordings of the defendants’ statements, arguing that the confessions were obtained under duress. Rotimi Oyedepo, counsel to the federal government, told the court that the prosecution had three witnesses lined up for the proceeding.
