Activist and politician Omoyele Sowore has claimed that detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has become a “celebrity” at the Sokoto Custodial Centre.
Sowore made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. He insisted that the Federal Government would eventually realise that sentencing Kanu to life imprisonment was a grave error.
According to him, the judge who delivered the sentence, Justice James Omotosho, would one day “beg” Kanu for what he described as a monumental mistake.
“Nnamdi Kanu is already a celebrity in prison. They said he has become the president of the prison, but I doubt it—it must have been conferred on him out of respect,” Sowore said.
He argued that transferring Kanu to the Sokoto facility had backfired on the authorities: “When they were taking him to Sokoto, they thought they would ridicule him, but when they got there, he turned Sokoto into another Mecca.”
Sowore also alleged that those previously mobilised to protest Kanu’s conviction were now trooping to Sokoto to visit him. He said he was seeking permission from Kanu’s family to coordinate visits.
“They don’t have people who can reason in government. Look at where we are—you jailed Kanu, and he’s now a celebrity in prison,” he added.
Nigerian Newssphere reports that Nnamdi Kanu was sentenced to live imprisonment by Justice Jame Omotosho over terrorism related offences.
Recently Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti paid him a visit.
