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 Department of State Services and two prosecution witnesses of perjury ahead of the November 20 judgment in his terrorism trial.
Kanu lodged the complaint at an FCT Chief Magistrate Court on November 13, according to a statement issued by Njoku Jude Njoku, Esq., on behalf of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, which also identified the two witnesses as Mr. TAA (PW1) and Mr. BBB (PW2).
In the filing, personally signed by Kanu, the AGF, DSS DG and the witnesses were alleged to have engaged in fabrication of evidence, subornation of perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The statement explained, “On 13 November 2025, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), filed a Direct Criminal Complaint at the Chief Magistrate Court of the FCT, Abuja, against Mr. TAA – Prosecution Witness 1, Mr. BBB – Prosecution Witness 2, the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS).
“The complaint, personally signed and affirmed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS detention, accuses the above parties of criminal perjury, fabrication of evidence, subornation of perjury, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the ongoing proceedings in Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Nnamdi Kanu (FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015).”
The defence team listed several grounds for the action, including claims that PW1 falsely denied knowing a DSS officer linked to Kanu’s 2015 detention, with exhibits from family members and public service records attached to contradict his testimony.
It added, “Perjury by PW1 (Mr. TAA): Mazi Nnamdi Kanu avers that PW1 lied under oath during the trial-within-trial by denying knowledge of Mr. Brown Ekwoaba, the DSS official who personally supervised Kanu’s detention, interrogations, and torture in 2015. This clearly demonstrates that said PW1(Mr. TAA) never worked for DSS.”
The statement also accused PW2 of giving false testimony regarding his prior contact with Kanu, arguing that certified court records contradicted his claim.
“Perjury by PW2 (Mr. BBB): The complaint identifies similarly grave falsehoods by PW2, who claimed under oath that he had never met Kanu before the court proceedings — despite having personally led the 17 July 2021 video interrogation of him at DSS Headquarters… God caught him.”
Kanu further alleged that the use of masked witnesses amounted to an attempt to hide those involved in his interrogations and to suppress material facts surrounding his detention conditions.
The complaint also asserted that the AGF and DSS DG were criminally liable for allegedly enabling false testimony, using statements obtained under torture and presenting surprise witnesses in violation of fair-trial standards.
Kanu is seeking criminal committal proceedings against all four individuals under relevant sections of the Penal Code, alongside judicial recognition that the prosecution’s evidence was “fabricated, coerced and perjured.”
The Consortium described the complaint as unprecedented, noting that it marks the first time an individual in DSS custody has initiated criminal proceedings from detention while naming senior government officials among those accused of orchestrating perjury.