Alleged coup plot: Nigerian govt urges court to admit statements of accused persons

The prosecution in the ongoing trial of six men accused of complicity in a plot to topple the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to admit in evidence the statements made to investigators by the accused persons.
The fourth witness for the prosecution, in the trial-within-trial being conducted to ascertain the voluntariness or otherwise of the statements, made the request while telling the court that the statements were voluntarily made by the defendants, who he said were not subjected to any form of torture or harassment.
The witness, identified as “DDD”, was led in evidence by the prosecuting lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), during which he d...