Nigeria: 'I Made Statements Under Duress' - Kanu - Court Orders Trial-Within-Trial

Nigeria: 'I Made Statements Under Duress' - Kanu - Court Orders Trial-Within-Trial

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered trial-within-trial in the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government initiated against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Court Rejects FG’s Evidence Against Nnamdi Kanu Over Absence Of Lawyer During Interrogation - TheNigeriaLawyer

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected key evidence sought to be tendered by the Federal Government in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice James Omotosho ruled on Thursday that the extra-judicial statements obtained from Kanu in 2015 are inadmissible, citing the absence of his legal counsel during interrogation. The judge upheld the objection raised by Kanu’s counsel, Paul …

Court Rejects FG’s Video Evidence Against Nnamdi Kanu

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out key pieces of evidence presented by the Nigerian government in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ruling that they were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights. Justice Omotosho dismissed the two video recordings and three written statements obtained by the Department of State Services (DSS), saying they were made …

Court begins trial-within-trial over Kanu’s alleged forced confession

Nnamdi Kanu’s trial sees DSS claim he admitted smuggling Radio Biafra gear into Nigeria; defence alleges coercion, forcing a trial-within-trial ruling.

Nnamdi Kanu Alleges DSS Coercion, Says Confessions Made Under Threats and Solitary Confinement

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), told a Federal High Court on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, that he was threatened by a Department of State Services (DSS) operative to make confessional statements following his arrest in 2015. The claim came as the court concluded a trial-within-a-trial to determine the voluntariness of his statements to security agents. Kanu made the allegations after the prosecution, l…

DSS forced me make confessional statements – Nnamdi Kanu tells court

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed that an operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, threatened him to make confessional statements after his arrest in 2015.Kanu made this disclosure on Wednesday after the prosecution called its third witness, identified only as CCC.The third witness, like the first two witnesses, AAA and BBB, informed the court that he was part of the DSS team that investigated …