The counsel for the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu Agabi, SAN, has informed the Federal high court, in Abuja, that the defence will be filing a no case submission just as the Federal government closed its case in court on Thursday.
This development came after the prosecution counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo called the fifth and last witness who is an official of the state security service.
When proceedings commenced, the witness with pseudo name EEE, who is an officer of the SSS at the headquarters in Abuja, stated that he knows the defendant through the mass media but have not met him personally.
The witness went on to say that In 2021, he was directed to lead a team of security officers to travel to the southern region of the country to obtain records of activities that occurred between 2020 and 2021 relating to the End SARS protest.
His assignment included obtaining records of public properties that were destroyed and death certificates of security officers who died during the END SARS protests.
Awomolo showed the witness three documents of the report of the End SARS assessments, the list of officers that died, and the death certificates of the officers, and he sought to tender same in evidence, which was opposed by Kanu’s lawyers.
According to Awomolo, a Summary of the documents reads that a total of 128 policemen were killed, a total of 37 army officers killed, a total of 10 DSS officials were killed, a total of 164 police stations destroyed and a total of 19 INEC facilities destroyed.
A report which was affirmed by the witness, bringing the examinations in chief to an end.
During Cross Examination, the defense counsel , Onyechi Ikpeazu, asked the witness if he was involved in the investigation of the crimes allegedly committed by the defendant, he said no, but he investigated the fallout of the End SARS protest which the defendant enabled through his broadcasts.
When asked if the entire EndSARS protest was because the defendant asked them to protest, the defendant said he doesn’t know about that but he knows the defendant asked the people to attack security officials and destroy public property.
When also asked if the End SARS issue is a Biafran issue, the witness replied saying that his assignment was not to investigate Biafra, but to investigate the protests to which the defendant incited the public.
Ikpeazu then asked the witness if he was aware that End SARS protest was chiefly against police brutality especially with the SARS faction of the police, the witness said there are usually two causes of an insurrection: the open causes and the underlying causes.
He further stated that Police brutality could be the secondary cause of the protest, and that the real reasons for the protests was because some subversive elements incited the public against the government and in this case the defendant’s broadcasts was one of those underlying causes.
Ikpeazu then asked the witness if he was a member of the presidential adhoc committee on the assessment of the damage of End SARS, he answered in the affirmative, noting that he was also the secretary of the committee.
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However the witness could not state anywhere the document was signed, pointing out that he certifies it by just looking at the report .
The witness also mentioned that the document was also in the department of public prosecutions, ministry of justice.
The defense lawyer however ended cross examination by telling the witness that, from the certification of the document, this document was not part of the proof of evidence, but was however produced and filed on June 13,2025.
After cross examination ended the prosecution had no reason for re-examination.
Awomolo said the evidences and witnesses they produced are sufficient to prove their case and he was therefore closing his case.
On this ground the court gave the defense team 15 days to file a no case submission and also gave the prosecution another 14 days to reply.
Justice Omotosho then adjourned the matter to July 18, 2025.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
