Nnamdi Kanu’s Broadcasts Led To Killings Of Gulak, Retired Judge, Military Couple — SSS Official Testifies In Court

An official of the Department of State Services (DSS) said this as he resumed his testimony as the second prosecution witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of Kanu.

NAIJAONPOINT , who was part of the DSS’ team that investigated the complaint made against Kanu by the then Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said the defendant’s broadcast also led to the killing of a retired judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji, and an intending military couple, Sergeant Audu Lucas and Private Glory Matthew.

NAIJAONPOINT said Kanu, in one of his broadcasts, ordered his followers to enforce a sit-at-home in all Southeastern states and in the process, many people, who went out of their houses on that day, were killed.

He said investigation revealed that Sergeant Lucas and Private Matthew were not only killed by those who were enforcing Kanu’s sit-at-home order, but they were also beheaded.

NAIJAONPOINT said the investigation also revealed that before killing Gulak, those enforcing the directive, blamed him (Gulak) for coming out on a day their leader asked people not to go out of their homes.

He added that Kanu founded IPOB and Eastern Security Network (ESN), which is the armed wing of IPOB, and that he was the leader of both groups.

“We were also able to establish that he (Kanu) founded Radio Biafra through which he made inciting comments like the killing of police officers and burning of property,” NAIJAONPOINT said.

He added that they also found that Radio Biafra was not registered in Nigeria and that, owing to Kanu’s broadcast, police stations in Cele and Ilasa (both in Lagos) were burnt by his followers.

NAIJAONPOINT said about 100 luxury buses belonging to the Lagos State Government and part of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos State were burnt as allegedly directed by Kanu in one of his broadcasts.

NAIJAONPOINT added: “He (Kanu) not only called for the killing of security officers, he called for them to be beheaded, which they (his followers) did.”

He said their investigation revealed that Kanu’s agitation for Biafra was for the Southeast and parts of Benue and Kogi states to secede from Nigeria, adding that the defendant “called for the establishment of the state of Biafra by any means possible, including war.”

The video recording of the session where investigators, including NAIJAONPOINT , interrogated Kanu and obtained a written statement from him, was played in court.

NAIJAONPOINT identified Kanu in the video as well as two of his lawyers who were with him during the session, including Alloy Ejimakor.

The interrogation session took place in a convivial atmosphere as Kanu, his lawyers and the DSS official were seen in the video throwing banters and laughing intermittently.

Kanu also confirmed being the founder and leader of IPOB and ESN in the clip.

At a point during the interaction, Kanu sought and was granted permission to ease himself. He went into the restroom, returned a moment later, and the interview session continued.

Kanu said he was not directly involved in the day-to-day running of both organisations (IPOB and ESN), which he said were managed by their states’ coordinators.

The defendant also said, in the video, that he made broadcasts in respect of the #EndSARS protest and other broadcasts on Radio Biafra.

He said the protest that took place in Lagos during the #EndSARS protest was outside the Biafran territory and that the destruction witnessed during the protest could not have been a result of his broadcast.