Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- A witness told the FCT High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday that former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki's co-defendant in a security funds diversion trial voluntarily gave his statements and was treated well in custody in 2015.

The witness, Halima Kazeem, an assistant commandant 1 at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), testified during the trial-within-trial conducted to test the voluntariness of some extra-judicial statements credited to Mr Dasuki's co-defendant, Aminu Baba-Kusa.

"There was no torture of any kind, whether verbal or physical. He (Mr Baba-Kusa) was treated with the utmost respect as a suspect," Ms Kazeem said, adding that she was not aware of any mishandling of the defendant.

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