Former president Mohamed Nasheed on Sunday vowed to free former defence minister Mohamed Nazim as the once powerful minister marked 1,000 days since he was convicted and sentenced to prison on a weapons possession charge.
Nazim was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was convicted of weapons possession after police found a hand gun in his residence. However, neither his DNA nor fingerprints was found on the weapon.
The Supreme Court however, upheld the verdict of the High Court despite DNA recovered from the pistol that matched former vice president Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor's DNA profile, who is currently serving 33 years for multiple accounts of terrorism and graft.
"We will free Nazim," Nasheed said referring to the now united opposition.
"We will free Nazim," Nasheed said referring to the now united opposition.
