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Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer for Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has confirmed that Kanu has been transferred from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja to a correctional centre in Sokoto State.
The move comes a day after Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja handed Kanu a life sentence on multiple terrorism-related charges.
In his judgment, the judge found that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
According to Ejimakor’s post on X, the relocation places Kanu “so far away from his lawyers, family, loved ones and well-wishers.”
He added that the government’s decision seemed calculated to limit his access to legal counsel and his support base.
In sentencing, Justice Omotosho not only imposed life imprisonment on several counts, but also ruled that Kanu must be held in protective custody, citing “violent tendencies” and ordering that he not be kept at Kuje Prison in Abuja.
The judge further banned him from using electronic devices, unless under the direct supervision of the National Security Adviser’s office, and ordered that a smuggled radio transmitter seized from him be forfeited to the federal government.
Ejimakor, for his part, has labelled the verdict a “travesty of justice” and vowed to appeal the decision.
Kanu’s relocation to Sokoto reflects the court’s concern over security risks. The judge explicitly allowed the DSS to move him to “any correctional facility in Nigeria” that could guarantee protective custody.
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