Court Admits FG Evidence Against Six Alleged Coup Plotters, Rejects Coercion Claims
Channels Television's headline. Reported by Channels Television, Vanguard.
What Channels Television reported
The judge upheld the Federal Government’s argument that the defendants voluntarily made the statements and participated in the video recordings during interrogation.
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Court Admits FG Evidence Against Six Alleged Coup Plotters, Rejects Coercion Claims. The judge upheld the Federal Government’s argument that the defendants voluntarily made the statements and participated in the video recordings during interrogation. Covered by 2 publications. Channels Television: Court Admits FG Evidence Against Six Alleged Coup Plotters, Rejects Coercion Claims. Vanguard: Court admits FG’s evidence against six alleged coup plotters.
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- Channels Television Nigeria Court Admits FG Evidence Against Six Alleged Coup Plotters, Rejects Coercion Claims The judge upheld the Federal Government’s argument that the defendants voluntarily made the statements and participated in the video recordings during interrogation. 3 h ago · Tier 2
- Vanguard Nigeria Court admits FG’s evidence against six alleged coup plotters Among the proof of evidence the court admitted were extrajudicial statements the defendants made before a Special Investigation Panel and military police authorities. 8 h ago · Tier 3
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