A prosecution witness, identified as PW-AAA, said on Friday that Simon Ekpa would soon be brought from Finland to Nigeria to face trial for supporting Nnamdi Kanu in the agitation for the Republic of Biafra.

PW-AAA, one of the State Security Service (SSS) operatives that arrested Mr Kanu in 2015 at a Lagos hotel, disclosed this to Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court in the ongoing trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The witness, whose real name was not mentioned for security reasons, stated this during a cross-examination by Mr Kanu’s counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN).

Earlier, the federal government also tendered more items recovered from Mr Kanu and admitted as exhibits by the court.

These include one black laptop, two multi-mix transmitters, one mini white Apple iPad with a pouch, one grey Apple iPad with a pouch, one grey MacBook with a pouch, one grey MacBook with a case, one mini drone sound wave speaker, and two mini white speakers.

Others are one large computer mouse, one white adaptor, one laptop adaptor, one carton bag with a laptop, two 3G modems, two Glo modems, one Glo Hawaii modem, one MTN modem, one Etisalat modem, one flash drive and one camcorder.

They also included one hand recorder in a black pouch, one MacBook Pro adaptor, one mic stand, one Phillips headphone, one Sharp radio mic with a cord, one pro sound mic with a cord and one 4G LTE modem.

Others are a bunch of cards, one power adaptor for the mixer, one Easy Blaze white modem, one Samsung phone, one black Motorola phone and one Nokia phone.

Also found on him are “one black Samsung phone, one black phone, one D-Link black modem, one 8GB flash drive, one extension wire adaptor, one pair of shoes, one belt, one pair of cedarwood sneakers and one footwear.

“One black Softech wristwatch, two singlets, one sealed Hermes perfume, one trinket, one Pokham perfume, one Fredrick Peckham wristwatch, one Diesel wristwatch, one Alexander Christy collection wristwatch, and one Club wristwatch.

“A bank MasterCard, copies of documents, one copy of an IPOB complementary card, documents tagged IPOB, one white clipper, one bottle of medicine, one Oman perfume, one mini scented oil, and one empty black purse.

“Others are one Nigerian passport bearing the names Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya Nnamdi Ngozichukwu and one British passport bearing the name Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya, one black purse, one passport holder, one card holder, one box of Rocarden wristwatch and four bundles of cords.”

While being cross-examined, PW-AAA said no weapon was recovered from the IPOB leader during his arrest in Lagos.

He also said that no arms were recovered from the lady arrested along with Mr Kanu.

He said the recovered items might not be ordinarily offensive, but the defendant’s intention might be otherwise.

PW-AAA also told the court that he did not analyse any of the items recovered because his mandate was to effect the arrest and obtain a statement from Mr Kanu.

Mr Omotosho adjourned the matter until May 6, 7 and 8 for continuation of cross-examination.

(NAN)