IPOB: How Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in hotel, DSS tells court

• The Department of State Services (DSS) told the Federal High Court successful Abuja however the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was arrested successful a hotel
• The DSS witness, who was shielded told the the Federal High Court successful Abuja that Kanu was arrested connected October 14, 2015, successful a edifice with a antithetic name
• According to the DSS witness, Kanu was arrested during a room-to-room hunt aft acting connected an quality report

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FCT, Abuja - The Department of State Services (DSS) has narrated however the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was arrested successful 2015.

The Evidence-in-Chief, a witnesser simply identified arsenic PWAAA told the Federal High Court successful Abuja that helium led the squad of information operatives that arrested the Kanu connected October 14, 2015.

DSS arrests Nnamdi Kanu successful edifice with antithetic name. Photo credit: DSS/@MArinze2993
Source: UGC

PWAAA disclosed that Kanu was arrested successful 1 of the rooms astatine Golden Tulip Hotel, Lagos International Airport.

It was gathered that Kanu was arrested upon his instrumentality to Nigeria from the United Kingdom.

The IPOB person was said to beryllium successful the institution of a woman erstwhile the DSS operatives struck and arrested him.

As reported by Vanguard, the witnesser said the DSS, acting connected intelligence, deployed an eight-man squad of operatives to the hotel.

He said the DSS officers arrested Kanu during a room-to-room search.

According to the witness, the DSS squad could not find Kanu’s sanction connected the manifest, hence, decided to hunt each the rooms successful the hotel.

The shielded witnesser further stated that DSS aboriginal discovered Kanu utilized his autochthonal sanction to unafraid the edifice accommodation.

Court okays shielding of witnesses against Nnamdi Kanu

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Federal High Court successful Abuja gave its ruling connected the petition for the prosecution’s witnesses to beryllium shielded successful Nnamdi Kanu's coercion trial.

Justice James Omotosho granted the petition of the prosecution’s witnesses to beryllium shielded against the IPOB person connected Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

The prosecuting lawyer, Adegboyega Solomon Awomolo (SAN), explained the crushed the prosecution’s witnesses needed to beryllium shielded.

Court takes enactment connected Nnamdi Kanu's amerciable apprehension suit

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Nnamdi Kanu's suit challenging his apprehension successful Kenya and his transportation to Nigeria for trial had been dismissed astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja.

Presiding Judge Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit implicit a deficiency of practice either from Kanu oregon the national government.

According to the court, nary lawyer represented Kanu successful the erstwhile adjournment, portion the national authorities was represented.

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Source: Legit.ng