Chadema chief’s trial on hold after judge quits

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Tanzania’s Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe in Nairobi in 2017. PHOTO | FILE

A second judge has withdrawn from the terrorism case facing Tanzania’s opposition leader, Freeman Mbowe, raising questions as to when it will be concluded and its possible outcome.

Judge Mustapha Siyani stepped down on Wednesday after dismissing an objection raised by defence attorneys over the admissibility of a police statement made by one of Mbowe’s co-accused, Adam Hassan Kasekwa, on grounds that it was recorded under duress.