A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said the Biafra agitator confirmed making a broadcast in which he called for the killings of President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
The witness said Kanu made a broadcast where he announced a ₦100 milion bounty for Wike’s head while calling for the burning of all Tinubu’s assets.
The second prosecution witness disclosed this while being led in evidence by prosecuting lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo at the Abuja Federal High Court yesterday. He informed the court that the IPOB leader made the confirmation while his statement was being taken on July 17, 2021.
Shortly after the witness identified copies of Kanu’s recorded broadcast, which were saved on a flash drive, the court admitted them into evidence, following which they were played in court.
The recorded broadcasts, seven in all, were played in the open court.
In the broadcast made on December 12, 2020, Kanu said, like the Amotekun Corps (created by the South-West states) and Miyeti-Allah group, ESN is intended as an organised vigilante outfit to safeguard the South East.
Towards the end of the broadcast, Kanu called on his followers to go after Wike and kill him for allegedly offering a ₦50 million bounty for the head of a Biafran.
He said Wike does not deserve to live, and that he deserves to die, threatening that such treatment will be visited on any governor who presides over the killings of his people.
The second broadcast was that made on October 20, 2020, in which Kanu directed his followers, during the #EndSARS protest, to cause mayhem in Lagos and to kill Tinubu because he is a traitor and an evil man who should be taught a lesson.
Kanu also told his followers to kill Police personnel and other uniformed people, and said: “Tinubu’s hotel must be burnt down. Tinubu should not be allowed to escape”.
In the third broadcast, the IPOB leader announced that he was placing a ₦100 million bounty on Wike’s head, and encouraged his followers to “take Wike down”.
Kanu said, “₦100m for anyone who can take Wike down, dead or alive. I will pay cash. Take down Wike. The bounty on Wike’s head is ₦100m. Get me his head; you will get ₦100m. Wike offered ₦50m for the head of a Biafran”.
