Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has filed a direct criminal complaint accusing the Attorney General of the Federation, the Director-General of the DSS, and two prosecution witnesses of perjury and evidence fabrication in his ongoing terrorism trial.
The complaint was lodged on 13 November 2025 at an FCT Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja, just days before judgment in his Federal High Court case scheduled for 20 November 2025.
A statement issued by Njoku Jude Njoku, Esq., on behalf of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, named the witnesses as Mr TAA (Prosecution Witness 1) and Mr BBB (Prosecution Witness 2). The complaint, personally signed by Kanu from DSS detention, also alleges subornation of perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
According to the statement, Kanu accused PW1 of lying under oath by denying knowledge of DSS officer Brown Ekwoaba, who allegedly supervised his 2015 detention, interrogations and torture. Exhibits attached include an affidavit by Prince Emmanuel Kanu detailing six visits to Ekwoaba’s office, an affidavit by Benjamin Madubugwu confirming joint interviews, and DSS records showing Ekwoaba’s postings between 2015 and 2020.
Kanu also accused PW2 of giving false testimony by claiming he had never met Kanu before appearing in court, despite allegedly leading a video interrogation on 17 July 2021. Certified court records reportedly contradict PW2’s sworn statements.
He further alleged that both witnesses were masked to hide their involvement in interrogations, chain-of-custody irregularities, and the conditions of solitary confinement.
The IPOB leader said the AGF and his team procured “surprise witnesses”, relied on statements obtained under torture, and resisted identifying those who interrogated him. The DSS DG was also accused of enabling coached testimony and suppressing exculpatory evidence.
Kanu argued that the actions of the AGF, DSS DG and the two witnesses violated the Penal Code, the ACJA 2015, and constitutional provisions on fair hearing, protection from torture, and cross-examination rights.
He is seeking criminal committal and punishment for perjury and conspiracy against all four individuals, as well as judicial acknowledgment that the prosecution’s case relied on coerced, fabricated and perjured evidence.
According to the Consortium, this marks the first time in Nigeria that a detainee in DSS custody has initiated criminal proceedings from detention against state officials — including the AGF and DSS DG — backed by documentary evidence alleging state-coordinated perjury.
The statement added that the complaint highlights what Kanu’s legal team describes as a pattern of “manufactured, coached and deployed” witnesses brought to court to sustain charges unsupported by lawful evidence.
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