Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze are being tried over the incident which killed several people at the Eagle Square venue of the Independence Day celebration. Justice Kolawole, in a ruling on a trial-within-trial, held that Nwabueze’s confessional statement was made voluntarily. The trial-within-trial was conducted to ascertain whether or not Nwabueze made his statement voluntarily when his lawyer objected to an attempt by the prosecution to tender it in evidence. Nwabueze was said to have made the statement while in the Department of State Service (DSS) custody. But he later denied the statement, saying it was obtained under duress. Justice Kolawole held that the defendant failed to prove the involuntariness of the statement he made in the DSS custody.]]>