DSS to court: Nnamdi Kanu’s incitement led to violence in S-East

Kanu in court

Trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, resumed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, with the Department of State Services, DSS, alleging that he was responsible for widespread violence in the South-East region of the country.

The security agency, through one of its operatives, who testified as the fourth prosecution witness, PW-4, in the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against Kanu, insisted that the defendant incited violence through various broadcasts he made on Radio Biafra.

The witness, whose real name was shielded as he was only identified as PW-DDD, testified behind a protective shield.

He told the court that Kanu had in his “illegal radio broadcasts,” directed his followers to deal decisively with some targeted persons including security agents.

He alleged that in furtherance of the directive, between 170 and 200 security operatives were killed in the South-East.

Led in evidence by Federal Government’s lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, the witness added that the defendant was responsible for the murder of a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, by the IPOB, which he said heeded his order.

Giving an account of what transpired on the day Gulak, who was an aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was killed on May 30, 2021, in Owerri Imo State, the witness said he was among the first set of security agents that arrived at the scene of the incident.

He told the court that he served in Imo State between 2019 and 2023, adding that it was his car that was used to evacuate Gulak’s corpse. Vanguard