The Department of State Security (DSS), on Thursday, told an Abuja court, that detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu instigated the 2020 #End SARS protest that led to the killing of over 233 security agents across the country.

The revelation was made by a DSS witness who spoke at the Federal High Court, Abuja while testifying at the resumption of proceedings in the case on Thursday, and led in evidence by prosecuting lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN).

The witness explained further that at least 164 police stations and nine Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s offices were destroyed across the country, allegedly due to Kanu’s inciting remarks.

He gave a breakdown of the incidents while growing through a report tendered by Awomolo, which the court admitted in evidence as exhibits.

He added that 186 police officers, 37 military officers and 10 DSS operatives were killed during the mayhem in the South East and other parts of the country.

The PW5 notes that he was instructed to lead a team comprising officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and DSS, including photographers and other Investigators, to gather records of the criminality that occurred between 2020 and 2021 during the #EndSARS movement.

He added, “The assignment included taking records from heads of security agencies in the various states that we visited and updating death certificates of security agents that died and reports of damage to properties during the EndSARS protest

“There are photographs of public properties destroyed, the death certificates of officers that died and their pictures,” he said.

Awomolo later tendered a copy of the report on the assessment of the damage recorded, death reports and certificates of death of security agents, which the court admitted in evidence.

The PW-5 said out of the nine INEC facilities that were destroyed, Cross River recorded four, Anambra recorded one, Akwa Ibom recorded two, etc.

However, Kanu’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeaz, SAN, who cross examined the witness, asked if he took part in the investigation of the charge against Kanu to which he said no.

The witness replied, “I am not privy to the allegations, but was only instructed to take records of public properties destroyed and security personnel killed during the #EndSARS protest as a result of statements made by the defendant,”

When asked if it was as a result of Kanu that there was a protest in Osun and the destruction of the Lagos court, the witness said, “I do not know that, but I was asked to obtain records as a result.”

“Was it the defendant who told the protesters to destroy the Lagos court?” the lawyer asked.

“It was on record that the defendant issued directives. My task was only limited to obtaining the records as a result of #EndSARS,” he said.