Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, has been moved to a correctional facility in Sokoto state. Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to Kanu disclosed this i a post on his X handle on Friday.
“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 well-wishers,” he said. Recall that the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced NKanu to life imprisonment.
Justice James Omotosho handed down the judgment after delivering a landmark ruling in the trial of the IPOB leader. It was reported that Omotosho had earlier convicted Kanu on all seven counts of terrorism charges brought against him by the Department of State Services.
In his judgment, the judge held that the prosecution presented sufficient and credible evidence to prove its case. He noted that Kanu failed to enter a defence, instead choosing to rest his case on the prosecution’s evidence—a gamble the court said left it with no option but to convict.
However, speaking shortly after the sentencing, Ejimakor described Omotosho’s judgment as travesty of justice.
