An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, enjoyed presidential treatment in the custody of the secret service.

This was as the court admitted three videos including one where Kanu was seen inspecting a radio transmitter allegedly smuggled into the country.

These were some of the highlights at the resumed hearing of the alleged terrorism trial where Kanu alleged that he made statements under duress, sometime in October and November 2015. The DSS operative, the third prosecution witness, known as Mr CCC, during the trial-within-trial dismissed claims that DSS used threats of solitary confinement to extract statements from the defendant.

‎The defendant had claimed that one Mr Brown, a DSS operative, made the threat about solitary confinement in the ‘dungeon.’ But the witness clarified that the names of the officers who took part in the interview are James, Ibrahim, and Collins, with no Mr Brown among them.

These are statements he allegedly made when he granted an interview with a US-based online medium known as Sahara Reporters. It was during the same interview that, according to the witness, Kanu used the term ‘Zoo’ to refer to Nigeria.

In one of the footage, Kanu claimed that the Biafra cause enjoyed funding across the globe from all those who believe in the ideals of the secessionist agenda. He claimed the group has representatives in over 80 countries. At some point during trial-within-trial, Kanu took the witness stand to give evidence in his case.

‎‎The defendant claimed, in his testimony, that he was struck by a DSS operative when he was picked up in Lagos in 2015. But the same operative later apologised on their way to the airport to Abuja.

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