Nigerian government has transferred the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in Abuja to a correctional centre in Sokoto State.
The development was made public on Friday by Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who announced the transfer in a post on X.
Ejimakor wrote: “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.”
Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team had condemned the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which on Thursday convicted and sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.
The development follows Tuesday’s court judgment in which Justice James Omotosho sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of issuing threats, inciting violence, and making broadcasts that led to loss of lives.
Security sources confirmed that Kanu was moved under tight escort shortly after the verdict to begin serving his sentence in a maximum-security facility in Sokoto.
The relocation, according to a security source, is part of measures by the authorities to ensure strict custody and prevent any security breach following the judgment.
