Ahead of the November 20 judgment, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a Direct Criminal Complaint against two prosecution witnesses in the course of his trial.
Kanu, who identified both witnesses as Mr TAA, also known as PW1, and Mr BBB, also known as PW2, claimed that “they willfully gave false evidence on oath.”
The complaint, addressed to the Chief Magistrate Court of the FCT High Court, was based on Sections 156, 158(1), 159(1) and 160 of the Penal Code, Section 88 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, and Sections 34 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
It reads: “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Adult, Male, Christian, Nigerian Citizen, of Umuahia, Abia State, and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, currently detained by the Department of State Services,DSS) since 29th June 2021, do hereby solemnly affirm and complain as follows:
“That on diverse dates between May and July 2025, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, during the hearing and trial-within-trial in the case of Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu (FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015), Mr. TAA and MR. BBB, being witnesses called by the prosecution in my trial, willfully gave false evidence on oath, knowing same to be false and/or not believing same to be true and material to the admissibility of the 2015 and 2021 statements, thereby committing perjury contrary to sections 156, 158 and 159 of the Penal Code.
“That MR. TAA, on page 352 of the Certified True Copy of proceedings dated 26th June 2025, under oath, stated as follows: ‘I cannot recall… I didn’t know any other Mr. Brown my lord,’ when asked if he knew Mr. Brown Ekwoaba, the Assistant Director (Investigations) at the DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, who personally supervised the October–November 2015 interviews and detention of the complainant.”
The IPOB leader described the denial by TAA as false.
He added: “That MR. TAA’s denial is false, as established by: Affidavit of Prince Emmanuel Kanu (Exhibit C), confirming six (6) visits to the complainant in Mr. Brown Ekwoaba’s office at Yellow House, 3rd Floor, between October 2015 and January 2016; affidavit of Benjamin Madubugwu (Exhibit D), confirming interviews with Mr. Brown Ekwoaba and three others in the same office in November 2015; and public records confirming Mr. Brown Ekwoaba as Assistant Director, Directorate (Investigations) (2015–2020), later State Director (Edo & Kwara).
“That MR. BBB, on page 202 of the Certified True Copy of proceedings, under oath, stated as follows: ‘I have not met him before except in this court,’ despite earlier testifying (pages 184–188) that he led the 17th July 2021 video interview of the complainant at DSS Headquarters.
“That both witnesses were shielded behind masks and screens by order of the trial court, yet gave materially false testimony to conceal the true chain of custody of the 2015 and 2021 statements.”
