A Federal High Court in Abuja saw video recordings of investigators’ interview sessions with three of the six men being prosecuted over an alleged plot to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu administration.
In the video recordings played in the open court, two of the three defendants — retired Navy Captain Erasmus Victor and Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim — admitted being aware of the coup plot, while retired Major General Mohammed Gana denied knowledge of the plot.
The video recordings were contained in a hard disc tendered by the prosecution, but against which lawyers to the defendants have raised objection about the admissibility on the grounds that their clients did not make the statements voluntarily.
The defence lawyers also objected to having the recordings played in open court when they had yet to be admitted in evidence.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, however, overruled them and ordered that the recordings be played, noting that it was the standard practice.