02/05/2025
Nnamdi Kanu's Lawyer Agabi Begins Cross examination of FG Witness, and witness was not witnessing again 😂
Agabi: Did you take my clients statement with or without his lawyer?
Witness: His statement was taken without his lawyer
Agabi: from the video evidence, were you the person interrogating him?
Witness; I was among
Agabi: did you appear in the video?
Witness: No
Agabi; What was your assessment specifically?
Witness; To arrest Nnamdi Kanu and bring him to Abuja and interview him
Agabi; Apart from the defendant, did you obtain statements from others?
Witness Personally No
Agabi; At the time of arrest you withdrew from him all the items presented in court?
Witness: Yes
Where those all his personal properties?
Yes
Agabi;Are there other items that haven’t been presented? Items considered offensive?
Witness: My lord the items might not be offensive but the action behind it
Agabi; No, answer me correctly.
Did you analyze the items?
Witness; My task wasn’t to analyze the items.
Agabi; So you didn’t analyze it?
Witness; I didn’t , except his fone.
Agabi; Is the fone analysis in evidence?
Witness; stutters…. mo because it was considered immaterial
Agabi; Do yiu agree most of the items have lost their use fuven its over 10yrs
Witness: yes
Agabi; in 10yrs since you first arrested him, have you seen anyone who claims he committed a crime?
Witness; i didnt
Agabi; you said you found him wit someonee, did you fibd any incriminating on the person?
Witness; No
Agabi; did you confirm the person as a facillitator of terrorism?
Witness; No
Agabi; did you find any instrument of violence on my defendant?
Witness; none
Did you contact any of the persons the defendant named in his statement as working with him?
Witness; He didn’t name any body
Agabi; Is it only one statement that was obtained from him
Witness; In Lagos, yes but in Abuja other statements weee obtained.
Agabi: part from the defendant, is there any other person standing in trial with him?
Witness; I don’t know
Agabi; I put it to you that in the entire nation, this defendant is the only person standing trial for the agitation of Biafra
Witness; I don’t have Information to that, all I know is I did the arrest in Lagos
Agabi; from your knowledge, the agitation does not have any other person apart from the defendant
Witness; certainly not correct
Agabi; so who are the rest
Witness; from the news on social media I know Simon Ekpa
Witness so because of what you red from social media, you want my defendant to be sentenced to death.
Witness; I have said what I know, Simon Ekpa is working with him.
Agabi; is the Simon Ekpa standing trial with my defendant?
Witness; I know he was arrested
Agabi; but is he standing trial with my defendant?
Witness; I don’t know
Agabi; we are keeping counts of your I don’t know
Agabi; is the defendant charged with damaging properties of people or govt?
Witness; wat I know is he is charged with terrorism (goes aheaad to define terrorism )
Agabi; but is he chargeded with damaging anyone’s ptoperty?
Witnessss; maybe not personal but remotely. He instructed people to destroy govt properties .
Agabi; do you know a single person who damaged any properties according to my defendants instruction .
Witness; it’s not my duty ti answer that wuestion. He turns to the judge and asks if he can be limited to the questions he answers, the judge says no.
Agabi; did my defendabt say the nation is sufferingering from corruption ?
Witness; icant remember
Agabi; he saud the nation is suffering from corruption true or fales?
Witness; that question should be put to me
The judge to the witness ; you dont dictate the questions that should be asked you, answer yes or no..
Agabi; do you remember my defendant said the country lacks infrastructures ?
Witness; i cant remember but he called the country a zoo
Agabi; can you remember if he apologized for the uncompleme tary remarks he made about the president and igbo leaders
Witness i cant remember
Agabi; you wint remember if he descried ipob as a volu tary org?
Witness i cant remember
Agabi; Do you remember he said ipob doesn not engage in arms struggle
Witness; I cant remember
Agabi; you know theres been k1llings in the country , in kaduna state?
Witness; yes
Agabi; the k1llings is it from agitation of seperation of states?
Witness; no
Agabi; for many yrs there’s been killings in zamfara, is it as a result of agitation for seperation?
Witness; no
Agabi;There’s been killing in benue, is it a product of agitation for seperation?
Witness; No
Agabi; there’s k1llings in plateau states, is it as a result of aviation of seperation?
Witness; no
Agabi; are our highways safe?
Witness; to some extent, they are safe.
Agabi; many villagers have lost their lives Nigerians killed in churches and mosques
Witness; I remember few of those instances
Agabi; are those k1llings product of agitation of seperation?
Witness; No
Agabi; schs have been attacked and students unalived
Witness; yes
Agabi; are these k1llings have anything to do with agitation of seperation?
Witness; no
Agabi; Do you say IPOB was proscribed?
Witnes Yes
Agabi; Who were the parties to the action in which IPOB was proscribed?
Witness; the federal govt
Agabi; Do you know if the application was exparte?
Witness; No
Agabi; Since the proscription of IPOB, do you know any IPOB member that has been prosecuted?
Witness; No
Do you know any IPOB member?
No but I have seen him during broadcast issuing directives to IPOB members
Have you seen any IPOB member being prosecuted?
No
Is it a crime to propagate ideologies?
No
Agabi; Which are the states to which IPOB message is directed to?
Witness: Majorly south east and south south states
Agabi; Name them
Witness; He names the south eastern states.
Agabi; These states have lawmakers governors etc being represented nationally
Witness Yes
Agabi And they are constitutionallyy established
Witness Yes
Agabi These states have the security personnels and they receive federal allocation
Witness Yes
Agabi Every niegrian lives in all the states you mentioned
Witness Yes
Agabi So does it mean the people of these states tou mentioned dont carry out their supoosed leaders orders?
Witness There are people in that state who carry out his instructions
Agabi Do you have evidences ?
Witness No
Agabi Are you aware even the court apologized to my defendant for some of the wrongs done to him
Witness I wasnt in court that day
Agabi Are you aware the people of the south east are in the dss airforce millitary etc
Witness Im aware
Agabi A former inspector general of the police and others are from the south east
Witness; Yes
Agabi in line with all these offices mentioned, nobody from that region is guilty of the accusations you made against them.
Agabi; we have mentioned states where theres unrest and the south east isnt part of them.
Witness; we have videos were miscreants commit attrocities and mention nnamdi kanu as their leader and he sent them to do it.
Agabi; do you have evidence to that?
Witness; personally, no but the service has
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