‘I feel so bad’ – Two suspects admit knowledge of plot to overthrow Tinubu in failed coup

A Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Monday watched video recordings of investigators’ interrogation sessions with 3 of the six men being prosecuted implicit an alleged crippled to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu administration.

In the video recordings played successful unfastened court, 2 of the 3 defendants, retired Navy Captain Erasmus Ochegobia Victor and Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim (second and 3rd defendants), admitted being alert of the coup plot, portion retired Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana denied cognition of the plot.

The video recordings are contained successful a hard disc tendered by the prosecution, but against which lawyers to the defendants person raised objections astir admissibility connected the grounds that their clients did not marque the statements voluntarily.

The defence lawyers besides objected to having the recordings played successful unfastened tribunal erstwhile they had yet to beryllium admitted successful evidence.

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik overruled them and ordered that the recordings beryllium played, noting that it was modular practice.

Justice Abdulmalik said she noted the objection raised by the defence squad and that a trial-within-trial would beryllium conducted to ascertain the voluntariness oregon different of the statements.

The archetypal interrogation league shown was that of Maj. Gen. G...