EXCLUSIVE: DSS Tells Court Nnamdi Kanu Confirmed He Ordered Bola Tinubu, Nyesom Wike to Be Killed

A witness for the prosecution has testified in court that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), admitted to ordering the assassination of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, during a broadcast. The testimony came during a hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, where the second prosecution witness, led by prosecuting counsel Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), stated that Kanu confirmed making the inciting broadcasts while his statement was being recorded on July 17, 2021.

According to Daily Post, the witness presented flash drives containing seven recordings of Kanu’s broadcasts, which were admitted into evidence and played in open court.

EXCLUSIVE: DSS Tells Court Nnamdi Kanu Confirmed He Ordered Bola Tinubu, Nyesom Wike to Be Killed

In one of the broadcasts dated December 12, 2020, Kanu described the Eastern Security Network (ESN) as a vigilante force to defend the South East. Toward the end of the same broadcast, he allegedly incited violence against Wike, accusing him of offering a N50 million bounty for the head of a Biafran, and urged his followers to kill him.

In another recording from October 20, 2020, during the End SARS protests, Kanu reportedly instructed his followers to cause chaos in Lagos and murder President Tinubu, whom he called a traitor. He allegedly demanded the destruction of Tinubu’s properties, including his hotel, insisting Tinubu must not be allowed to escape.

In a third broadcast, Kanu was said to have placed a N100 million bounty on Wike’s head, promising to pay cash to anyone who could “take him down, dead or alive.” The DSS maintained that these directives amounted to incitement to terrorism and violence, forming a critical part of the charges against Kanu in his ongoing trial.