Reports have revealed that inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sokoto, have announced leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as their president.
Recall that Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho in a controversial judgment after he was found guilty on all seven counts of terrorism offences. The charges related to his secessionist agitations, membership of a proscribed group, concealment, and the importation of an unregistered radio transmitter.
The IPOB leader, who had been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja while his protracted trial lasted, was moved to Sokoto Prisons after he was sentenced to life jail.
It was gathered that drama erupted upon his arrival inside Sokoto Prison, as inmates unanimously declared him the “Prison President”.
Witnesses said the inmates scrambled to get close enough to shake his hand, calling him “a man who speaks the truth without fear”.
