Aloy Ejimakor, a former lawyer and consultant to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has disclosed that kanu has been transferred from the Department of State Services(DSS) detention facility in Abuja to a correctional facility In Sokoto.
Ejimakor, who made this disclosure through a tweet on Friday, expressed concern over the move, stressing that the relocation places Kanu far from his legal team, family, and supporters.
“While urging #Ndigbo to remain calm, I must question the wisdom of sending #MNK to Sokoto prison.
“When Awolowo was convicted in 1963, he was sent to the East, a neutral zone in his feud with the North. President Tinubu can still halt this drift, as I said in this video,” he said.
Recall that Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment after finding him guilty on all seven counts of terrorism charges against him.
IPOB leader was first arrested in 2015 by Nigerian authorities and faced charges of treasonable felony, terrorism, and other related offences over his leadership of the proscribed separatist group, IPOB.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Omotosho noted that, “the convict has not acted well throughout the proceedings, stressing that he had caused unnecessary delay in the proceedings.
Omotosho further expressed that the court will not consider the contempt in court committed by the IPOB leader while delivering his verdict.
