Ahead of the judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court, scheduled for November 20, 2025, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Attorney General of the Federation, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and two witnesses of criminal perjury in the course of his trial.
Kanu made the accusation in a direct criminal complaint filed at a Chief Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on November 13, 2025.
A statement issued by Njoku Jude Njoku, Esq., for the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium, identified the two witnesses named in the complaint alongside the AGF and DSS DG as Mr. TAA – Prosecution Witness 1, and Mr. BBB – Prosecution Witness 2.
In the complaint, personally signed by Kanu, the AGF, DSS DG and two witnesses were equally accused of 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 statement itemized key grounds for the direct criminal complaint.
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.
“Kanu’s complaint attaches multiple exhibits, including: Affidavit of Prince Emmanuel Kanu, confirming six (6) visits to Brown Ekwoaba’s office during Kanu’s 2015 detention. Affidavit of Benjamin Madubugwu, confirming interviews jointly conducted with Ekwoaba. Public service records showing Brown Ekwoaba’s DSS postings between 2015–2020.
“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. The relevant pages of the Certified True Copy of proceedings (pp. 184–202) expose the contradiction. This masked individual is not a very good liar. In a moment of lapse in concentration, he spoke the truth. He said he had never met Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before except in the courtroom that day when he came to offer his false testimony. God caught him.
“Concealment through masked witnesses: The complaint states that both witnesses were deliberately masked and screened during testimony to conceal their role in Kanu’s 2015 and 2021 interrogations, the true chain of custody of interrogation materials, and the conditions of solitary confinement, denial of counsel, and physical deterioration. This, according to Kanu, constitutes an orchestrated attempt to suppress material facts.
“Criminal liability of the AGF: Kanu asserts that the Attorney-General of the Federation and his prosecutors suborned perjury by presenting surprise witnesses not included in the original proof of evidence; relying on statements obtained under torture; resisting disclosure of the identities of those who interrogated him; enabling and benefiting from the false testimony given under oath.
“Criminal liability of the DSS Director-General: The DG DSS is accused of conspiracy to pervert justice, including deploying masked, coached witnesses; suppressing exculpatory evidence; enabling the witnesses’ false testimony in order to secure wrongful conviction.”
According to Kanu, the actions of the AGF, DSS DG and the two witnesses violated the Penal Code, ACJA 2015, and sections 34 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), particularly regarding the prohibition of torture, the right to fair trial, and the right to examine one’s accusers.
Kanu is, therefore, seeking criminal committal proceedings against PW1, PW2, the AGF and the DSS DG, as well as punishment for perjury and conspiracy, pursuant to sections 156, 158, 159, and 160 of the Penal Code, against the concerned individuals.
The IPOB leader is also asking for judicial acknowledgment that the prosecution’s case was built on fabricated, coerced, and perjured evidence.
The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium noted in the statement that the filing of the criminal complaint represents the first time in Nigeria’s legal history that a defendant in DSS custody has single-handedly initiated criminal proceedings from detention, produced documentary evidence exposing state-coordinated perjury, and named the AGF and DSS DG as complicit actors in “the procurement of professional liars to deceive the court”.
“The complaint demonstrates a growing body of evidence that the prosecution witnesses were manufactured, coached, and deployed to sustain charges otherwise unsupported by lawful, admissible evidence,” the statement added
