Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that he would testify as a witness of the detained Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, only if the court summons him.
Speaking with reporters in Abuja, he explained that he would not appear as a witness in the trial just because his name was listed in the newspapers.
He said he would comply without hesitation if the court formally summons him to testify or provide evidence in Kanu’s ongoing trial.
However, he said that no one has served him with any process to appear as a witness in Kanu’s court case.
Wike,’s words, “You don’t become a witness by reading the newspaper. Nobody has served me any process; nobody has subpoenaed me.
“So, because I saw Wike listed, I will now begin to run helter-skelter. No, you don’t do that.
“If I am served, if I am subpoenaed to come and give a witness or give evidence, I must obey the court; I must appear.”
Asked if he knew why Kanu listed him as one of his witnesses, the former Rivers State gobernor said he did not, adding that only the IPOB leader would give a definite answer.
His words, “If you see Nnamdi Kanu, you ask him, ‘Why did you list me? I did not go and say I want to be a witness.
“So, if you see him, ask him, ‘Why did you list Wike as one of your witnesses?’.”
Wike refrained from commenting on whether Kanu’s ongoing detention demands a political solution.
Earlier this week, Kanu filed a fresh motion listing former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, Wike, and other top political and security figures as witnesses in his terrorism trial.
The motion, filed on October 21, 2025 and marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, was addressed to Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Kanu, who personally signed the document, stated that the application complied with the court’s order of October 16, which directed him to open his defence on October 24.
In the motion entitled ‘Notice of Number and Names of Witnesses to be Called by the Defendant’, Kanu seeks to call 23 witnesses, including international experts, state governors, military generals and former intelligence officials.
