We Didn't Find Weapons Of Terrorism, Violence On Nnamdi Kanu During Arrest -DSS

A prosecution witness and operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, who appeared for the Federal Government in the terrorism trial of the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Friday, told the Federal High Court,Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism or violence was found on Kanu when he was arrested in Lagos on October 15, 2015.

That was during the Muhammadu Buhari presidency.

The witness who was codenamed PWAAA, was in the team that arrested Kanu. He was answering questions from Nnamdi Kanu's Counsel and former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Again, SAN, during cross examination.  

The operative further told the court that no weapon capable of causing public disturbance was recovered from a lady arrested with Kanu.

Responding to questions by Agabi, the witness informed the court that all the items recovered from Kanu during the arrest were Kanu’s personal properties.

Answering another question, the operative said the recovered items may not be ordinarily offensive, even as Kanu’s intention may be different.

The witness further said he did not do any analysis of the recovered items as the official directive to him by his superiors was to arrest Kanu, and obtain a statement from him. 

The DSS official, however, noted that he analyzed Kanu’s cell phone, adding that the report of the analysis was not made available to court because, in his view, it was not vital, as it was immaterial.

According to the prosecution witness, within the decade that the items were impounded, they could have lost their value and become of no use.

Responding further, PWAAA said he did not bring anybody before Kanu to confront him on any issue of terrorism.

On whether he obtained a statement from Kanu in the presence of the latter’s lawyer, the DSS operative admitted that he did not do so.

The items admitted as exhibits by the court include the following recovered from Kanu: 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, and one mini drone sound wave speaker.

Also admitted as exhibits are: two mini white speakers, one large computer mouse, one white adaptor, one laptop adaptor, one carton bag with laptop, two 3G modems, two Glo modems,

one Glo Huawei modem, one MTN modem, one Etisalat modem, one flash drive, and one camcorder.

They also included 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, 1 Power adaptor for mixer, one Easy Blaze white modem, one Samsung phone,one Black Motorola phone and one Nokia phone, as well as one Black Samsung phone, one Black phone, one D-Link black modem and one 8GB flash drive. They also included one extension wire adaptor, one pair of shoes, one belt, one pair of ciderwood sneakers and one footwear.

Others included 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.

There are also three bank MasterCards, copies of documents, one copy of IPOB complimentary 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 and 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.