The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT),Mr. Nyesom Wike has assured that he would appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB),Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, if summoned the court.
He gave the assurance at his monthly media chat on Friday,October 24,2025, in an answer to a question on being named by Kanu as a witness.
Wike’s remarks followed a motion filed by Kanu at the Federal High Court in Abuja last Tuesday, informing the court that he would open his defence on Friday, October 24, 2025.
The IPOB leader had also disclosed that he would call 23 witnesses, including the FCT Minister, former Minister of Defence,General Theophilus Danjuma (retd) and former Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai (retd), among others.
The FCT Minister stated that he did not ask to be named as a witness, adding that he had not been served any papers by the court but that he would be compelled to appear in court to present his witness if subpoenaed by the court.
Wike noted that he could not become a witness by reading newspaper reports.
“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. So, if you see him, ask him why did you list Wike as one of your witnesses?
“You do not become a witness by reading a newspaper.
“Nobody has served me any process; nobody has subpoenaed me.
“So, because I saw Wike has been listed, therefore, I begin to run helter-skelter.
“No, you do not do that. If I am served, if I am subpoenaed to come and give witness, or to give evidence, I must obey the court, I must appear,” he said.
