NNAMDI KANU MOVED TO SOKOTO PRISON AFTER LIFE SENTENCE, LAWYER ALLEGES ATTEMPT TO LIMIT ACCESS TO LEGAL TEAM

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been transferred from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja to a correctional centre in Sokoto State, his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, confirmed on Friday.

The relocation comes just one day after Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on multiple terrorism-related charges.

In delivering judgment, Justice Omotosho ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. He ordered that Kanu be held in protective custody due to what he described as “violent tendencies,” noting that he should not be kept at Kuje Prison in Abuja.

The judge further banned Kanu from accessing electronic devices unless under direct supervision of the Office of the National Security Adviser and ordered the forfeiture of a smuggled radio transmitter allegedly recovered from him.

Ejimakor, in a post on X, criticised the transfer, stating that it places his client “so far away from his lawyers, family, loved ones and well-wishers.” He suggested that the move was designed to hinder Kanu’s access to legal representation and support.

The lawyer described the court verdict as a “travesty of justice” and vowed to challenge it on appeal.

Justice Omotosho’s ruling permits the DSS to move Kanu to “any correctional facility in Nigeria” deemed capable of providing adequate protective custody, a directive that has now led to his relocation to Sokoto.

The transfer has sparked fresh concerns over legal access and security as Kanu prepares to appeal the judgment.