Aloy Ejimakor, the previous particular counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that the convicted IPOB chief has now been moved to a jail facility in Sokoto State.
Mr Ejimakor disclosed this in a submit on his X handle on Friday.
“Breaking: MAZI NNAMDI KANU has simply been moved from DSS (SSS) Abuja to the correctional facility (jail) in Sokoto; so distant from his legal professionals, household, family members and well-wishers,” he wrote.
The lawyer, in one other submit shortly after, urged Igbo individuals to stay calm over the event.
Igbo is the dominant ethnic nationality in Nigeria’s South-east the place Mr Kanu hails from.
Mr Ejimakor, within the X submit, questioned the choice of the Nigerian authorities to maneuver Mr Kanu to the Sokoto jail.
The lawyer contended that Mr Kanu should have been moved to a distinct area, recalling that Obafemi Awolowo, a former premier of the now defunct Western area, was moved to Jap Nigeria after his conviction in 1963 for sedition.
“When Awolowo was convicted in 1963, he was despatched to the East, a impartial zone in his feud with the North. President (Bola) Tinubu can nonetheless halt this drift,” he mentioned.
Mr Obafemi, a journalist, was tried and jailed for 10 years on expenses of sedition in 1963. He was, nevertheless, granted pardon by the then Nigerian army authorities in 1966.
The spokesperson to the State Safety Service, Favour Dozie, didn’t reply to a number of calls and a textual content message looking for her feedback for the report.
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Conviction, sentence
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Kanu was on Thursday convicted on the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja after being discovered responsible on all of the seven counts filed towards him by the Nigerian authorities.
The trial choose, James Omotosho, consequently sentenced him to life imprisonment for terrorism.
Mr Omotosho additionally ordered that he be prevented from gaining access to cell units and broadcast tools besides underneath the watch of safety operatives.
