More Trouble For IPOB Leader, Kanu, as More DSS Witnesses Coming After Allegedly Admitting Inciting Attacks on Police Officers
Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, case has taken a new turn after a witness identified with the acronym, BBB, alleged that the IPOB Leader admitted operating an illegal radio station and calling members of the public to attack police officers.
OTN News further reports that an official of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, disclosed this while testifying as the second prosecution witness (PW2) in Kanu’s ongoing terrorism trial before Justice James Kolawole Omotosho.
The witness, BBB, who gave evidence behind a screen provided by the court, testified that Kanu confirmed his activities while making his statement.
Furthermore, BBB explained that beside being the leader of the proscribed IPOB, Kanu is the founder of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of IPOB.
The witness who claimed that Kanu also operated an illegal radio station, which broadcast on frequencies 102.1 FM and 88.0 FM, said that the radio was illegal because it was not licensed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
BBB added that he (BBB) was on July 2021, assigned the duty of taking Kanu’s statement following a letter from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) requesting that the IPOB leader be investigated for his alleged terrorism activities.
The witness who also said that he carried out the assignment in the company of four other colleagues, added that he handed Kanu the letter from the AGF, which the defendant read and also gave his lawyers to read, following which he requested that Kanu respond to the issues raised in the letter.
He noted that after Kanu reading the letter, volunteered to make a statement in the presence of two of his lawyers, including Alloy Ejimakor.
The witness said he played some of the broadcast made by the defendant on his radio station (Radio Biafra), including where he called for the attack police officers and other inciting comments.
Witness BBB said Kanu admitted that the voice in the broadcast, which he played to his hearing, were his (Kanu’s) own.
On what Kanu was agitating about, the witness said Kanu wanted the secession of the five South East states, parts of Kogi and Benue states from the rest of Nigeria.
The witness, however, said that the defendant’s statement taking session was recorded on video etc.
Subsequently, the case continues tomorrow as the witness said that more DSS witnesses coming.
Meanwhile kanu sister has been banned from sitting in court because she was recording court proceedings.
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