Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed that an operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, threatened him to make confessional statements after his arrest in 2015.
Kanu made this disclosure on Wednesday after the prosecution called its third witness, identified only as CCC.
Counsel to the federal government, Adegboyega Awomolo, tendered two video Compact Discs (CDs) containing the interviews and three copies of statements allegedly written by Kanu.
While the defence team did not initially oppose the exhibits, one of the senior advocates representing Kanu, Paul Erokoro, later raised an objection.
Erokoro said Kanu had just informed him that the written statements were made under duress.
He told the court that DSS operatives denied Kanu access to his lawyer, threatened to deny him bail, and withheld his daily hour of fresh air, which was recommended due to his health condition.
The presiding judge, James Omotosho, ordered the conduct of a trial-within-a-trial to ascertain whether the defendant’s statements were voluntary.
DSS FORCED ME MAKE CONFESSIONAL STATEMENTS – NNAMDI KANU TELLS COURT
