The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the allegation by the prosecution that part of the evidence it tendered in court and served on lawyers to the defendants was displayed on social media.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik also ordered that if there was any evidence on social media, which contravened the court’s earlier order for witnesses’ protection, the DSS should investigate and bring the perpetrator to book.
The judge said the investigation should be conducted while the trial is ongoing since all the defendants, through their lawyers, denied being involved.
Counsel to the prosecution, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, had, midway into proceedings, told the court that he got information that some videos tendered in the case were posted on social media by a citizen called ‘Very Dark Man’.
He informed the court that the same individual was among the audience.
