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The on going trial of Oguche (the Nyanya bomber) and his gang has been suspended.
A trial within trial will take place to determine whether their confessional statements would be admissible or not at the main trial.

According to their lawyers, their defendants claimed whatever statements they made in the first place were made under duress: the claimed they were tortured to confess! So the lawyers submitted that the statements should be accepted as evidence in the court.

This was why the judge adjoined the case, so as to allow the trial within trial.

Source: Channels Television News. 6.00 am of 21st May, 2015.

Points to ponder:
What if the the court rejects the confessional statements?
What if those statements were the only solid "evidence" the prosecutors have?
What if the Oguche guy and his gang are let to go for lack of convincing evidence?


Who do we blame?

This is what happens when we use turture to get confession. The person can say he was pressured to say things.
We need to overhaul criminal investigation dept jor.

The ppl tht tortured them na!!!
U go to advance countries, they don't use touture as a method of getting information off someone.

Na blame be d next thing? Loool... Naija people sha

Emeskhalifa:
The ppl tht tortured them na!!!
U go to advance countries, they don't use touture as a method of getting information off someone.

Then you might not be familiar with the CIA Torture Memos?

Water boarding and the likes that generated a bit of controversy last year?

Find below, a media comprehensive house report.

http://theeagleonline.com.ng/nyanya-blasts-court-orders-trial-within-trial/

Following the objection to the admissibility of the statements of the alleged masterminds of the April 14, 2014 Nyanya bomb blasts in Abuja, as exhibits by their counsel, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered a trial within trial.


The accused persons – Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, Ahmed Abubakar, Mohammed Ishaq, Ya’u Saidu (alias Kofar Rama); Anas Isa, Adamu Yusuf and Nasir Abubakar – are facing charges bothering on terrorism.

At the resumed hearing of the matter, the prosecution counsel, Mohammed Diri, sought to tender the statements of the accused persons through the first prosecution witness, but was objected to by counsel to the accused persons led by Ahmed Raji (SAN).

Raji, in his submission, told the court that the statement of the first accused person, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, was taken after he was beaten and severely tortured.

He said the statement was not voluntarily given and hence should not be admitted as evidence by the court.

In the same vein, counsel to the second accused person, Abdul Mohammed, urged the court not to admit the statement of his client as it was obtained under severe torture.

Mohammed then prayed the court to conduct trial-within-trial to ascertain the voluntariness of the statements of the accused persons, which the prosecution sought to tender.

Counsel to the rest accused persons aligned themselves with the submissions of Raji and Mohammed and prayed court to order trial-within-trial in the matter.

Responding, the prosecution counsel urged the trial Judge, Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed, to discountenance the submissions of the defence counsel, adding that the statements of all the accused persons were voluntarily obtained, contrary to the submissions of defence counsel.

Justice Mohammed adjourned till June 2 and 3, 2015 to commence the trial-within-trial in the matter to ascertain the voluntariness of the confessional statements of the accused persons.

It will be recalled that the Federal Government on Tuesday said it will tender 37 documentary evidence and call five witnesses in the trial of the Nyanya bomb blasts suspects.

The First Prosecution witness, an investigator with the Department of State Security, told the court that ‎he knew Ogwuche in 2011 when he was deported from the United Kingdom for belonging to a terrorism group group there.

The witness also told the court how he obtained the statements of all the accused persons at various time, adding also that the accused persons gave their statements voluntarily.

Oguwche is linked to Sanusi

Sanusi is APC which makes him a Boko

Change is here!

WombRaiders:
Oguwche is linked to Sanusi

Sanusi is APC which makes him a Boko

Change is here!

The man might be left off the hook.

noblezone:
The man might be left off the hook.

That's exactly what will happen

noblezone:
The on going trial of Oguche (the Nyanya bomber) and his gang has been suspended.
A trial within trial will take place to determine whether their confessional statements would be admissible or not at the main trial.

According to their lawyers, their defendants claimed whatever statements they made in the first place were made under duress: the claimed they were tortured to confess! So the lawyers submitted that the statements should be accepted as evidence in the court.

This was why the judge adjoined the case, so as to allow the trial within trial.

Source: Channels Television News. 6.00 am of 21st May, 2015.

Points to ponder:
What if the the court rejects the confessional statements?
What if those statements were the only solid "evidence" the prosecutors have?
What if the Oguche guy and his gang are let to go for lack of convincing evidence?


Who do we blame?

so, we shld start our own unfruitful blame game here abi, when no be us go even decide?

SLIDEwaxie:
so, we shld start our own unfruitful blame game here abi, when no be us go even decide?

I actuality opened the thread because when it happens, Nigerians are going to descend on the executive.
Okay, maybe now that Jonathan is no long there, it may be different.

WombRaiders:
That's exactly what will happen

If he walks, who do we blame, ur Hero (GEJ) whoose administration failed to bring up evidence against him or APC(as u claim he is connected 2 sanusi)

sebali:
If he walks, who do we blame, ur Hero (GEJ) whoose administration failed to bring up evidence against him or APC(as u claim he is connected 2 sanusi)

Is it Jonathan will bring the evidence of the Police?

noblezone:
Is it Jonathan will bring the evidence of the Police?

Did jona sack anybody 4 failure to bring evidence against d guy. Or was anybody evn queried 4 dis.
If d ans to both questions is No.
Then d blame is on ur HERO

sebali:
Did jona sack anybody 4 failure to bring evidence against d guy. Or was anybody evn queried 4 dis.
If d ans to both questions is No.
Then d blame is on ur HERO

You mean it is Jonathan's job to convict criminals?