Aloy Ejimakor, legal consultant to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to the recent United States military airstrikes targeting terrorists in Sokoto State, saying the development confirms that the state is unsafe for his client.
Ejimakor argued that the US military action underscores longstanding security concerns in Sokoto, where Kanu is currently being held following his conviction.
Recall that last month, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on charges related to terrorism. The Nigerian government prosecuted the IPOB leader over his agitation for the actualization of a sovereign Biafra state.
After his conviction, the court ordered that Kanu be remanded at the Sokoto Custodial Centre.
However, while Kanu is in custody there, the United States military reportedly carried out a precision airstrike on terrorist targets in Sokoto State.
Reacting in a post on X, Ejimakor said the airstrike further proves that Sokoto is not a secure environment for Kanu’s detention and called for his immediate transfer.
“The US military strike against terrorists in Sokoto has finally confirmed that Sokoto is riddled with terrorists and was never a safe place of custody for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” he wrote.
“It is now more urgent that he be transferred outside the terrorist belt in Northern Nigeria.”
