Nnamdi Kanu in court
The federal high court in Abuja has admitted exhibits in the ongoing terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
The exhibits, including a flash drive and Kanu’s written statement, were tendered by an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday.
The DSS official, identified by the codename “BBB”, made a court appearance on Tuesday to provide his testimony.
The witness told the court that he was part of the DSS team assigned to take Kanu’s statement on July 17, 2021, after a letter written by the attorney-general of the federation (AGF).
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He was led in evidence by Adegboyega Awomolo, counsel to the federal government.
At Tuesday’s court proceedings, the witness could not complete his testimony.
At the resumption of hearing on Wednesday, the DSS official tendered Kanu’s statement, AGF’s letter, and a flash drive containing some video clips of the IPOB leader, as exhibits.
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The court admitted the materials as exhibits for the trial, with some of the video clips played during the hearing.
According to Channels Television, in one of the video clips, a voice, which the witness said belongs to Kanu, urged his followers to attack soldiers and police officers “anywhere they were found in the country”.
The video clip was said to have been recorded on October 20, 2020, during the #EndSARS protest.
In another video clip, a voice attributed to Kanu said all federal government vehicles and buildings in Lagos should be set ablaze and that people should manufacture their weapons.
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In another video clip, a voice attributed
Kanu could be heard telling a man over the phone that “there are some guns already on Edo State, take those guns and kill some army officers, take their guns and use it to attack the others”.
Kanu is currently facing trial on a seven-count charge bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. He has since pleaded not guilty to the charges.
