Prime suspect and gang leader in the murder trial of Nigerian student, Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede said his friends committed the act

Nidai Şanlı, the gang leader and number one defendant in murder trial of Nigerian student, Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede was questioned by the lawyers of the other defendants in the court last week, claiming that he did not commit the murder.

"I DID NOT KILL " ... 
Nidai Şanlı claimed that he had no contact with Kennediy Taomwabwa Dede neither in the apartment where he stayed nor in Çanakkale Pond where he was killed, and claimed that the Nigerian youth was killed by other defendants Ozan Körkurt, Onur Körkurt and Simge Dağdur. 

Şanlı argued that he returned to TRNC from Southern Cyprus, where he fled to prove his innocence. 
The case concerning the abduction and murder of Nigerian university student Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede from his apartment in Famagusta in January 2018 continued to be discussed at Famagusta High Criminal Court.    

Senior Prosecutor Mustafa İldeniz, on behalf of the Prosecutor's Office is conducting the case at the Famagusta Assize Court with delegation that consists of Senior Judge Ayşen Toroslu and Judge Hazan Aksun, under the chairmanship of Fatma Şenol. 

In the previous session on Thursday last week, Nidai Şanlı, who was the number one defendant in the case who gave sworn testimony by taking the witness stand, was questioned by the lawyers of the other defendants in the case.

Şanlı in a sworn testimony claimed that the defendants Ozan Körkurt, Onur Körkurt and Simge Dağdur had committed the murder during Thursday's hearing.

Şanlı reiterated the claim that he had no contact with Dede neither in the apartment where he was staying nor in Çanakkale Pond, where he was killed.    

Nidai Şanlı answered the questions of defense lawyers during the hearing of the case in which Nidai Şanlı, Ozan Körkurt, Onur Körkurt, Simge Dağdur and Zekeriya Kurucu were defendants, saying

My conscience is comfortable, I did not kill Dede.   

Rejecting the accusations against him, Nidai Şanlı said that instead of fleeing from Southern Cyprus, where he went to legally, he returned to the TRNC to tell the truth to the court and reiterated that it was the theme of Onur, Ozan and Simge.    

Nidai Şanlı, in response to lawyer İbrahim Demirtaş's claim that he returned from Southern Cyprus in order to take revenge from the other defendants and throw off mud because he was broke and having difficulty.

I lived the incident. I came here for life to stay away from my country, family and children. I came to tell the truth. One of them hit the victim's head twice, which is also seen in the photographs. When I shouted, he stopped hit the third and threw it at his feet. Simge went arm in arm with Onur and kicked Dede. They caused his death, he said

Demirtaş, after claiming Şanlı that he was a person prone to crie, claimed that what he said was fictional, while the accused denied all the allegations.    

The delegation postponed the case before it to continue from where it left off in next hearing.   

Not fully translated from Turkish.