Ex-NAMA chief: I wrote my statement at EFCC on 'auto-pilot' - The Nation Newspaper

Nigeria Airspace Management Agency Managing Director Ibrahim Abdulsalam has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that an extra-judicial statement he wrote at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office was not was voluntary.Abdulsalam said the commission’s armed operatives harassed his family while he was in custody.

The former NAMA chief was testifying in a trial-within-trial to determine the voluntariness of one of his statements. “While in detention, an operative called Nuradeen Jamiu took me to a mosque at the detention centre on Okotie-Eboh Street and told me to write whatever I was required to write. Under cross-examination by prosecuting counsel Rotimi Oyedepo, the accused said he did not sue EFCC for any rights violation nor file a formal complaint to the EFCC acting Chairman.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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