Nnamdi Kanu Moved From DSS Custody To Sokoto Prison

The legal counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has disclosed that the convicted agitator has been transferred to a correctional centre in Sokoto State.

Naija News reports that on Thursday, a judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, James Omotosho, found Kanu guilty of terrorism and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

In a post via 𝕏 on Friday, Ejimakor stated that Nnamdi Kanu has been moved far away from his lawyers, family and loved ones.

He wrote, “MAZI NNAMDI KANU has just been moved from DSS Abuja to the correctional facility (prison) in Sokoto; so far away from his lawyers, family, loved ones and wellwishers.” 

Meanwhile, IPOB has asked Justice James Omotosho to give an account of how its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was convicted.

Speaking on the development via a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Friday, the group asserted that there were defects, contradictions, and illegalities in Omotosho’s ruling.

Powerful restated Kanu and his defence team’s argument that the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013, under which he was charged, had been repealed by the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022.

The statement titled, ‘Justice Omotosho must explain the law under which he purported to convict Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’, read, “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wishes to inform the global community, diplomatic missions, international media, and lovers of freedom that we shall, in the coming days and weeks, lay bare the fundamental defects, contradictions, and illegalities that define the recent ruling issued by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja

“For the avoidance of doubt, no gun, no grenade, no GPMG, no explosive, and no attack plan was ever found on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. None. No witness, civilian or military, ever testified before any court, at any stage, that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu committed any offence known to Nigerian or international law. This is an undeniable fact.”