DSS: Kanu ordered Tinubu, Wike's murder on radio Biafra

• A DSS operative testified that Nnamdi Kanu admitted smuggling a Radio Biafra transmitter into Nigeria and utilized it to incite violence
• Kanu’s lawyers disputed the voluntariness of his statements, prompting the tribunal to bid a trial-within-trial
• While DSS denied immoderate coercion, Kanu alleged mistreatment, solitary confinement, and edited video grounds during his detention

The Federal Government's coercion lawsuit against Nnamdi Kanu, person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), precocious further connected Wednesday arsenic a 3rd prosecution witnesser testified that Kanu admitted to smuggling a Biafra Radio transmitter into Nigeria.

The witness, identified lone arsenic CCC for information reasons, is simply a Department of State Services (DSS) operative and gave his grounds earlier Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

DSS claims Kanu orchestrated to person salient Nigerians killed successful a transmission to IPOB members. Photo: Nnamdi Kanu
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The prosecution tendered video recordings from DSS interviews with Kanu conducted successful October 2015, wherever helium was seen speaking freely with officials and adjacent requesting a circumstantial marque of bottled water.

These recordings besides showed Kanu explaining his broadcasts and the interior operation of IPOB, which helium described arsenic focused connected Biafran self-determination.

The witnesser said the transmitter was installed successful Ubuluisiuzor, Anambra State, and utilized for Radio Biafra broadcasts that allegedly incited unit and called for attacks connected salient Nigerians, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

Disputed statements and claims of duress

Kanu’s ineligible team, led by Kanu Agabi, SAN, did not reason the video recordings being admitted into evidence. However, they objected to the written statements connected the grounds that Kanu allegedly made them nether duress.

Following this objection, the justice ordered a trial-within-trial to find whether the statements were voluntary.

Kanu's ineligible squad claimed that each indicting statements helium made were nether duress and coerced out. Photo: FB/Nnamdi Kanu
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During the abstracted hearing, arsenic Vanguard reported, CCC—referred to arsenic TCCC for that segment—denied that Kanu had been mistreated oregon forced into making confessions. He maintained that the IPOB person was fixed preferential treatment, was ne'er held successful solitary confinement, and was treated good passim his clip successful DSS custody.

According to the DSS operative, Kanu voluntarily confirmed granting an earlier interrogation with Sahara Reporters successful which helium referred to Nigeria arsenic a "zoo" and utilized derogatory presumption for then-President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kanu reiterates coercion allegations

Testifying successful his defence, Kanu insisted helium was subjected to coercion and deprived of ineligible entree during the interviews. He claimed to person been blindfolded, chained, and held successful an underground compartment aft his apprehension successful Lagos successful 2015.

He besides alleged that the video recordings presented successful tribunal had been edited and that DSS officials pressured him to marque comments astir erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha.

Despite these claims, Kanu conceded nether cross-examination that DSS doctors had attended to his aesculapian needs and that helium had utilized the interviews to sermon IPOB’s goals and operations.

Justice Omotosho adjourned the lawsuit to May 29 for last submissions and a ruling connected the voluntariness of Kanu’s statements.

Kanu explains however DSS forced him

In a akin development, Nnamdi Kanu, person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), told the tribunal connected Wednesday, May 28, that he was threatened by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to marque confessional statements aft his 2015 arrest.

The grounds came during a trial-within-a-trial held astatine the Lagos State Special Offences Court successful Ikeja to find the voluntariness of his statements.

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