The convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reportedly been transferred from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja to a correctional facility in Sokoto.
The development follows his conviction and sentencing for terrorism.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Thursday convicted Kanu on a seven-count charge, sentencing him to life imprisonment.
The judge upheld the DSS’s allegations that Kanu employed acts of terrorism in his agitation for the secession of the South-East, South-South, and parts of Benue and Kogi States from the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In the judgment, Justice Omotosho ruled that the DSS had the authority to move Kanu to any correctional facility in the country.
Confirming the relocation on Friday, Kanu’s legal consultant, Aloy Ejimakor, wrote: “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has just been moved from DSS Abuja to the correctional facility in Sokoto; so far away from his lawyers, family, loved ones and well-wishers.”
When contacted, a reliable source at the Department of State Services confirmed that the IPOB leader had been moved to Sokoto.
Linus Aleke
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