By Desire Emmanuel
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been moved from the detention facility of the Department of State Services (DSS) to the Correctional Centre in Sokoto, his lawyer said on Friday, November 21.
Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, after he was found guilty of terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Counts 1, 4, 5 and 6 while he was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for Count 7. The sentences are to run concurrently.
However, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, in a post on his X handle on Friday, disclosed that the IPOB leader has been moved to Sokoto correctional facility, far away from his family members, lawyers and well-wishers.
He wrote: “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 he needed to question the wisdom of sending Kanu to Sokoto prison, saying he stands by his belief that the sentencing was a travesty of justice.
Delivering his judgment on Thursday, Omotosho found him guilty of all the seven-count terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.
In one of the charges, he was found planning to bomb both the United States Embassy and the British High Commission.
The judge also found him guilty of planning to kill the then British High Commissioner, Catriona Lang.
Justice Omotosho also found him guilty of inciting violence during the #EndSARS protest.
The protests, held in Lagos and some other parts of the country, led to the killing of security personnel and destruction of government properties.
The #EndSARS protest started in October 2020, with the main protests taking place from October 8 to October 20, 2020 which was sparked by a viral video showing SARS officers assaulting a young man in Delta State.
Justice Omotosho also found him guilty of various charges bordering on terrorism filed against him.
The judge, while delivering judgment on those charges, said Kanu committed act of terrorism against the Federal Government by making broadcast threatening that people will die and the world will be at a standstill.
The judge said from uncontroverted evidences by the prosecution, it is evident that he he planned to carry out terrorism acts.
