Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s letter with the Supreme Court, where he claimed to know intimate details of the weapons charge for which former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim is serving a jail sentence has been forwarded to the United Nations.
Ahmed Shaheed, a UN Special Rapporteur, said that the matter has been forwarded to the working group on arbitration detention and the office of Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Adeeb’s letter with the Supreme Court claimed that he knows the truth behind those that had ‘framed’ Nazim on the weapons charged for which he is serving an 11-year jail sentence.
The former vice president said, in the letter, that he thoroughly understands how the firearms were found inside the apartment where Nazim lives, and that the former defence minister had no part in it. He reportedly claims to know the individuals responsible for ‘framing’ Nazim.
While Adeeb’s letter was addressed to Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, Nazim’s defence had repeatedly called the vice president as a witness during the trials for his appeal hearings both at the apex court and High Court. The police had also previously claimed that there were traces of Adeeb’s DNA on the weapons found in the apartment.
On 18th January, 2015, masked police officers entered the Nazim’s apartment and isolated all its residents – his wife and family – into the living room and kept them kneeled under threat. Officers had proceeded to search the entirety of the house before bringing out a black bag – from which they removed a pistol, three bullets, and a magazine. They had also later claimed to have found a portable drive containing plans to ‘harm senior government officials’ and an explosive device.
Nazim has vehemently denied the charges, even having appealed the 11-year jail sentence passed against him by the Criminal Court at the High Court and eventually at the apex court. All adjudicators had decided to uphold the initial sentence.
Shaheed had previously filed the state’s refusal to grant former Adeeb medical leave from incarceration with multiple branches of the UN.
Shaheed had also announced that he had made an appointment for Adeeb, who is serving a thirty-three-year jail sentence. The appointment was made with fellow UN Rapporteur, Dr. Dainius Pūras.
