Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, reserved ruling to decide on whether or not to accept some extrajudicial statements obtained from former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, during investigations into the N109 billion corruption charges brought against him.

Judge Yusuf Halilu adjourned for ruling after the prosecution and the defence offered their closing arguments in the trial-within-trial which the court ordered nearly four years ago to determine the voluntariness of the statements.

Mr Idris, through his lawyer, Chris Uche, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), urged the trial court in Abuja not to accept the statements tendered by the Economic and Financial...