Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has alleged that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been secretly transferred from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a correctional centre in Sokoto State.
Kanu, who has been held by the DSS since 2021, was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment after court found him guilty of terrorism-related offences.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Sowore claimed that the transfer was carried out discreetly and formed part of a wider plan to isolate the separatist leader.
He wrote that officials “never intended” to keep Kanu at the Kuje correctional centre in Abuja, arguing that authorities fear it would become “a place of pilgrimage” for his supporters.
He alleged that the government instead opted to move him to what he described as a “notorious prison” in the northern region, where his safety “cannot be guaranteed.”
Sowore further accused the administration of deploying psychological tactics to pacify the public while keeping Kanu “far away, isolated, and vulnerable.”
He insisted that those in power had “no intention” of releasing him and alleged that some politicians from Kanu’s region were complicit due to fears about his influence.
The activist linked the alleged transfer to efforts to undermine the #FreeNnamdiKanuNOW campaign, maintaining that regional political interests remain “Kanu’s greatest enemies.”
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