The Federal Government closed its case before the Federal High Court in Lagos against 10 sailors accused of hijacking a fishing vessel on the high seas.
Magaji claimed that the defendants violated Section 3 of Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act, 2019, and were liable to punishment under Section 2 of the same Act. At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, Magaji called the government’s 4th witness, Danladi Aliyu, a Chief Superintendent of Police.
Responding, defence counsel Niyi Aruwayo and Anjorin Ademola suggested that they intended to file a ‘no-case’ submission, because, according to them, the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against the defendants.
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