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No weapon of terrorism found on Nnamdi Kanu during arrest - FG’s witness admits in court 

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Trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), resumed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, with a witness of the Nigerian Government admitting that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from the Biafra nation agitator during his arrest on October 15, 2015 in Lagos. 

The witness is an operative of the Department of the State Services (DSS) code-named PWAAA.

He also informed the court no arms of public disturbance were recovered from the lady arrested along with Kanu but released. 

The items recovered from  Kanu and admitted as exhibits are; 1 Black laptop,  2 Multi mix transmitters, 1 Mini white Apple iPad with pouch, 1 Grey Apple iPad with pouch, 1 Grey MacBook with pouch, 1 Grey MacBook with case, 1 Mini drone sound wave speaker, 2 Mini white speakers, 1 Large computer mouse, 1 White adaptor, 1 Laptop adaptor and1 Carton bag with laptop 

Others are 2 3G modems, 2 Glo modems, 1 Glo Huawei modem, 1 MTN modem, 1 Etisalat modem, 1 Flash drive, 1 Camcorder,  1 Hand recorder in a black pouch, 1 MacBook Pro adaptor, 1 Mic stand, 1 Phillips headphone, 1 Radio Sharp mic with cord, 1 Pro sound mic with cord, 1 4G LTE modem,  a bunch of cards, 1 Power adaptor for mixer, 1 Easy Blaze white modem, 1 Samsung phone,1 Black Motorola phone and1 Nokia phone. 

Also found on him are 1 Black Samsung phone, 1 Black phone, 1 D-Link black modem, 1 8GB flash drive, 1 Extension wire adaptor, 1 Pair of shoes, 1 Belt, 1 Pair of ciderwood sneakers and1 Footwear. 

Other items are 1 Black Softech wristwatch, 2 Singlets, 1 Sealed Hermes perfume, 1 Trinket, 1 Pokham perfume, 1 Fredrick Peckham wristwatch, 1 Diesel wristwatch, 1 Alexander Christy collection wristwatch, 1 Club wristwatch and 10 items altogether. 

The last set are 3 Bank MasterCards, Copies of documents, 1 Copy of IPOB complementary card, Documents tagged IPOB, 1 White clipper

1 Bottle of medicine, 1 Oman perfume, 2 Mini scented oils, 1 Empty black purse, 1 Nigerian passport bearing the names Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya Nnamdi Ngozichukwu and1 British passport bearing the name Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya, 1 Black purse, 1 Passport holder, 1 Card holder, 1 Box of Rocarden wristwatch and 4 Bundles of cords. 

During a cross examination conducted by Kanu's lawyer, Kanu Agabi, SAN, the witness said that all the items were personal properties of the Biafra nation agitator. 

He said that the recovered items may not be ordinarily offensive but the intention of the defendant may be something else. 

PWAAA also told the court that he did not analyze any of the items because his mandate was to effect arrest and obtain a statement from Kanu. 

Answering a question, the DSS operative admitted analyzing the cell phone of the defendant but the report of the analysis was not made available to court because it is immaterial. 

In the 10 years that the items were impounded, he admitted the properties may have lost their value and became of no use. 

He further explained that he did not bring anybody before Kanu to confront him on any issue of terrorism. 

The witness also admitted that Kanu's statement was obtained without the presence of his lawyer. 

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