Barr Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
A witness of the Federal Government admitted at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, during his arrest on October 15, 2015, in Lagos.
The witness, who is an operative of the Department of the State Services (DSS) and code named PWAAA, also informed the court that no arms of public disturbance were recovered from the lady arrested along with Kanu.
During cross examination conducted by Kanu’s lawyer, Kanu Agabi (SAN), before Justice James Omotosho, the witness said that all the items recovered in the hotel room were personal properties of the Biafra nation agitator. He, however, said that the recovered items may not be ordinarily offensive but the intention of the defendant may be something else.
PWAAA also told the court that he did not analyse any of the items because his mandate was to effect arrest and obtain a statement from Kanu. Answering a question, the DSS operative admitted analysing the cell phone of the defendant but the report of the analysis was not made available to the court because it is immaterial.
In the 10 years that the items were impounded, he admitted the properties may have lost their values and become of no use.He further explained that he did not bring anybody before Kanu to confront him on any issue of terrorism.
The witness also admitted that Kanu’s statement was obtained without the presence of his lawyer and that statements were not obtained from other persons. He admitted not knowing any person put on trial by the Federal Government on account of agitation for Biafra nation actualisation.
According to him, the one he knew is Simon Ekpa, who he said would soon be brought to the country for trial for supporting Kanu in the agitation.The witness said that he read in the newspapers and social media those backing the defendant in the agitation.
He said that he did not remember Kanu complaining of corruption in high places, unemployment among youths and tendering apologies to the president for insults hurled on him and negative remarks against Igbo leaders.
The witness further said that he could not remember when Kanu described the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a voluntary organisation that was not involved in carrying arms against the nation.
He admitted that there were killings in some parts of the country, especially in the North, but stated that the government has been doing its best to stem the tide.
The witness also said he would not know whether the killings were as a result of self-determination agitation. The items recovered from Kanu and admitted as exhibits are: One black laptop, two multi mix transmitters, one mini white Apple iPad with pouch, one grey Apple iPad with pouch, one grey MacBook with pouch, one grey MacBook with case, one mini drone sound wave speaker, two mini white speakers, one large computer mouse, one white adaptor, one laptop adaptor and one carton bag with laptop.
Others are two 3G modems, two Glo modems, one Glo Hawaii modem, one MTN modem, one Etisalat modem, one Flash drive, one camcorder, one hand recorder in a black pouch, one MacBook Pro adaptor, one Mic stand, one Phillips headphone, one Radio Sharp mic with cord, one Pro sound mic with cord, one 4G LTE modem, a bunch of cards, one power adaptor for mixer, one Easy Blaze white modem, one Samsung phone, one Black Motorola phone and one Nokia phone.
Also found on him are one black Samsung phone, one Black phone, one D-Link black modem, one 8GB flash drive, one extension wire adaptor, one pair of shoes, one belt, one pair of ciderwood sneakers and one footwear.
Other items are one Black Softech wristwatch, two singlets, one sealed Hermes perfume, one trinket, one Pokham perfume, one Fredrick Peckham wristwatch, one Diesel wristwatch, one Alexander Christy collection wristwatch, one Club wristwatch and 10 items altogether.
The items also include three bank MasterCards, copies of documents, one copy of IPOB complementary card, documents tagged IPOB, one white clipper, one bottle of medicine, one Oman perfume, two Mini scented oils, one empty black purse, one Nigerian passport bearing the names Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya Nnamdi Ngozichukwu, one British passport bearing the name Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya, one black purse, one Passport holder, one card holder, one box of Rocarden wristwatch and four bundles of cords.
Justice Omotosho has fixed May 6th, 7th and 8th for continuation of cross examination based on the agreement of lawyers.
The Guardian
