Appearing physically in court for the first time in four years under tight security, Mukulu addressed a panel of four justices and described his detention as cruel and degrading. He said he is confined in a 2.5 square meter cell with a small ventilator located six meters above, poor air circulation, and an overwhelming presence of mosquitoes.
The suspected who are facing terrorism, murder, and aggravated robbery charges, alongside the suspected ADF Commander Jamilu Mukulu declined to appear before the International Crimes Division of the High Court today on grounds that they did not have any consent to be tried through this method of technology.
Court also heard that while using video conferencing, the accused cannot whisper to their lawyers some secrets and that at times, the prison officers mute the microphones if an accused inmate starts talking about issues inside the prisons that are not good
