The Federal Government has moved the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to a correctional facility in Sokoto State, his former lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor,has revealed.
He said the IPOB leader was moved from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja less than 24 hours after he was handed a life sentence by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court.
Ejimakor, in a post shared on X on Friday,November 21,2025, said that the relocation would further distance Kanu from his legal team and family members.
“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 wrote.
It would be recalled that
On Thursday, November 20,2025, Justice James Omotosho, of the federal high court in Abuja, found Kanu guilty of terrorism.
The IPOB leader was handed life imprisonment for counts one, four, five and six of the seven-count charge.
He also received 20 years and five years’ imprisonment on counts three and seven, respectively.
Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the prosecution had successfully established every allegation.
Omotosho said Kanu offered no credible defence and “deliberately refused” to challenge the evidence presented in court.
The judge said the IPOB leader was “a person who cannot be allowed to remain in the company of sane minds”, describing him as an “international terrorist”.
Omotosho said by virtue of Kanu’s behaviour in court, he was not suitable for Kuje prison.
He noted that having exhibited a violent attitude throughout the trial, Kanu must be placed in protective custody in any part of Nigeria.
“I have no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the convict has the tendency of violence. The tendency of violence has not left him,” Omotosho said.
“It is based on this that he must be kept in a facility that is suitable for his person, as putting him in Kuje Correctional Centre may not be appropriate.”
He said Kanu must not be allowed to use any electronic devices, including phones, and must be under the supervision of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) if he must use any device.
The judge added that the items retrieved from him, such as the transmitter smuggled into the country, are to be forfeited to the federal government
