The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he will appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, if summoned by the court.
Wike made this known during his monthly media chat in Abuja on Friday, in response to questions about being listed by Kanu as one of his witnesses.
The development comes after Kanu, through his legal team, informed the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday that he would open his defence on Friday, October 24, 2025. The IPOB leader also disclosed plans to call 23 witnesses, including the FCT Minister, former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), among others.
Reacting to the matter, Wike clarified that he did not request to be named as a witness and had not received any court documents or summons regarding the case.
“If you see Nnamdi Kanu, you ask him why he listed me. I did not go to him to say I want to be a witness; you are the one saying that,” the minister said.
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“You don’t become a witness by reading a newspaper. Nobody has served me any process; nobody has subpoenaed me. So, because I saw that Wike has been listed, therefore I begin to run helter-skelter? No, you do not do that.”
The former Rivers State governor added that he would honour the court’s directive if officially invited to testify.
“If I am served or subpoenaed to come and give evidence, I must obey the court. I must appear,” Wike stated
