A former presidential aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has dismissed circulating reports alleging that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), converted two wardens at the Sokoto Custodial Centre to join his pro-Biafra agitation.
Social media posts had claimed that Kanu influenced the wardens to “hate Nigeria,” leading to their resignation from service. The claims sparked widespread reactions online.
Reacting on Friday, Ahmad described the report as false and illogical.
“I just read one of the dumbest posts on Facebook, a claim that Nnamdi Kanu has ‘converted’ two prison wardens in Sokoto Prison to join him in hating Nigeria and that the wardens even resigned,” he wrote. “His people believe it and have been circulating the post without a shred of logic or evidence.”
Kanu is currently serving a life sentence after Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted him on terrorism-related charges and ordered that he be held at the Sokoto Custodial Centre.
