A Federal High Court in Ibadan has dismissed the prayer of rejection of exhibit filed by a terror suspect, Aliyu Muhammadu, for want of evidence.
Ruling on the application, Justice Ekerete Akpan held that the defendant could not provide enough evidence to justify his claim that he was not the author of the confessional statement tendered against him by the prosecution.
Akpan said that it was difficult to believe that Muhammadu might have unconsciously made the confessional statement because of the circumstances under which he made it.
He, therefore, struck out the application and admitted the confessional statement as an exhibit against the defendant.
The judge, thereafter, adjourned the suit till June 20 and June 21 for continuation of trial.
Muhammadu had earlier, through his counsel, Mr Femi Oyinloye, challenged the admissibility of the confessional statement, based on his client’s…
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