A witness of the Federal Government, has admitted at the Federal High Court in Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism was recovered from Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu during his arrest on October 15, 2015 in Lagos State.
The witness who is an operative of the Department of the State Service, (name withheld) also informed court that no arms of public disturbance was recovered from the lady arrested with Kanu.
In a cross examination conducted by Kanu’s lawyer, Kanu Agabi, the witness said that all the items were personal properties of the Biafra nation agitator.
He added that the recovered items may not be ordinarily offensive but the intention of the defendant may be something else.
The DSS officer also told the court that he did not conduct any analysis on the items because his mandate was to enforce an arrest and obtain a statement from Kanu.
Answering a question, the witness admitted analyzing the cell phone of the defendant but the report of the analysis was not made available to court because it was immaterial.
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In the 10 years that the items were impounded, he admitted the properties may have lost their value 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.
He admitted not knowing any person put on trial by the federal government on account of agitation for Biafra nation actualization.
According to him, the only one he knows is Simon Ekpa who he said, would soon be brought to the country for trial for supporting Kanu in the agitation.
The witness said he read in the newspapers and social media about those backing the defendant in the agitation.
Meanwhile, Justice Omotosho has fixed May 6th, 7th and 8th for continuation of cross examination based on the agreement of lawyers.
via: Information Nigeria
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