Yemi Obafemi
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has denied receiving any formal notice to appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Friday, Wike said he was surprised to see his name listed as one of Kanu’s proposed witnesses, stressing that he had not been served any legal process to that effect.
“You don’t become a witness by reading the newspaper. Nobody has served me any process; nobody has subpoenaed me,” Wike said.
He maintained that he would honour the court only if officially summoned.
“If I am served, if I am subpoenaed to come and give a witness or give evidence, I must obey the court; I must appear,” he added.
The minister, however, questioned Kanu’s decision to include his name on the witness list.
“If you see Nnamdi Kanu, you ask him, ‘Why did you list me? I did not go and say I want to be a witness,’” Wike stated.
