Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu Reportedly Transferred to Sokoto Prison
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering judicial matters in Nigeria and Africa.
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Sokoto, Sokoto state - 24 hours after his life imprisonment sentence, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been reportedly moved from the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja to the correctional facility in Sokoto state.
This is according to one of his lawyers, Aloy Ejimakor, who shared the update via a terse statement on Friday, November 21.
Source: Facebook
DSS moves Nnamdi Kanu to Sokoto
The Cable also noted the development.
Legit.ng gathered that on Friday, November 21, Kanu's legal representatives went to the DSS headquarters to meet him, only to be told that the convicted 58-year-old separatist leader had been relocated to "a secure and protected location" at the Sokoto State Correctional Facility.
Ejimakor wrote on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account:
"Breaking: 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."
In another post, Ejimakor questioned the wisdom behind sending the IPOB leader to Sokoto prison.
The legal practitioner urged President Bola Tinubu to "halt this drift".
Ejimakor tweeted:
"While urging #Ndigbo to remain calm, I must question the wisdom of sending MNK (referring to Kanu) to Sokoto prison. When Obafemi Awolowo was convicted in 1963, he was sent to the East, a neutral zone in his feud with the North. Pres. Tinubu can still halt this drift."
Nigerian authorities have yet to officially confirm the purported transfer.
Legit.ng recalls that the federal high court, Abuja, on Thursday, November 20, convicted Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a yearslong trial that has inflamed tensions in the country’s southeast region.
Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors, who have called for Kanu to be sentenced to death, proved that his broadcasts and orders to his group, IPOB, incited deadly attacks on security forces and citizens.
Kanu, a dual Nigerian-British citizen, first faced charges in 2015 and briefly secured bail in 2017 before fleeing the country.
More to follow…
Source: Legit.ng
