We found no weapon of terrorism on Kanu during arrest in 2015, DSS witness tells court
By Andrew Orolua
A federal government witness identified as PWAAA told the Federal High Court on Friday that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from Nnamdi Kanu , the Biafra nation agitator, during his arrest on October 15, 2015 in Lagos.
The witness believed to be an operative of the Department of the State Service (DSS) and code named PWAAA also informed the court that no arms was recovered from the lady who was arrested along with Kanu.
The witness stated this under cross examination by the counsel to Kanu , Godwin Agabi SAN before Justice James Omotosho,
He agreed with the defence of lawyer, 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.
The witness PWAAA also told the court that he did not analysis any of the items because his mandate was to effect arrest and obtain statement from Kanu.
Answering a question, the witness who is probably a DSS operative admitted analyzing 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, the admitted the properties may have lost their values and became 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.
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He admitted not knowing any person put on trial by the federal government on account of agitation from Biafra nation actualization.
According to witness, the one he knew is Simon Ekpa who he said, would soon be brought to the country for trial for supporting Kanu on the agitation.
The witness said that he read in the newspapers and social media those backing the defendant in his 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 hauled on him and negative remarks against Igbo leaders.
The witness further said that he could not remember when Kanu described IPOB as s voluntary organization that was not involved in carrying arms against the nation.
He admitted that there were killings in some part of the country especially in the North but that government has been doing its best to stem the tide of the killings.
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; 1 Black laptop, 2 Multi mix transmitters, 1 Mini white Apple iPad with pouch, 1 Grey Apple iPad with pouch, 1 Grey MacBook with pouch, 1 Grey MacBook with case, 1 Mini drone sound wave speaker, 2 Mini white speakers, 1 Large computer mouse, 1 White adaptor, 1 Laptop adaptor and1 Carton bag with laptop
Others are 2 3G modems, 2 Glo modems,
1 Glo Hawaii modem, 1 MTN modem, 1 Etisalat modem, 1 Flash drive, 1 Camcorder,
1 Hand recorder in a black pouch, 1 MacBook Pro adaptor, 1 Mic stand, 1 Phillips headphone, 1 Radio Sharp mic with cord, 1 Pro sound mic with cord, 1 4G LTE modem, a bunch of cards, 1 Power adaptor for mixer,
1 Easy Blaze white modem, 1 Samsung phone,1 Black Motorola phone and1 Nokia phone.
Also found on him are 1 Black Samsung phone, 1 Black phone, 1 D-Link black modem,
1 8GB flash drive, 1 Extension wire adaptor,
1 Pair of shoes, 1 Belt, 1 Pair of ciderwood sneakers and1 Footwear.
Other items are 1 Black Softech wristwatch,
2 Singlets, 1 Sealed Hermes perfume, 1 Trinket, 1 Pokham perfume, 1 Fredrick Peckham wristwatch, 1 Diesel wristwatch,
1 Alexander Christy collection wristwatch,
1 Club wristwatch and10 items altogether.
The last set are 3 Bank MasterCards, Copies of documents, 1 Copy of IPOB complementary card, Documents tagged IPOB, 1 White clipper
1 Bottle of medicine, 1 Oman perfume, 2 Mini scented oils, 1 Empty black purse, 1 Nigerian passport bearing the names Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya Nnamdi Ngozichukwu and1 British passport bearing the name Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya, 1 Black purse, 1 Passport holder, 1 Card holder, 1 Box of Rocarden wristwatch and 4 Bundles of cords.
Meanwhile, Justice Omotosho has fixed May 6th, 7th and 8th for continuation of cross examination based on the agreement of lawyers.
