Inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sokoto, have announced, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as their president.
Recall that Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, after he was found guilty on all seven counts of terrorism offences.
The charges related to his secessionist agitations, acts of terrorism, membership of a proscribed group, killing of security operatives, destruction of public property, 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.
According to Daily Sun, 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.”
A senior prison official, who spoke under anonymity, said: “Kanu has practically turned his cell block into a mini Radio Biafra. Even those who once opposed him now sit quietly to listen. The surprising part is that nobody forces them—his words pull them.”
The official further revealed that the IPOB leader has transformed the atmosphere in the facility dramatically:
Whether people agree with his ideology or not, nobody denies that he talks boldly, fearlessly, and with deep conviction. That alone has made him a prominent figure in this place.”
Meanwhile, the family of the leader of the IPOB, has raised the alarm that an Abuja court has declined to issue a Production Warrant that would have enabled the Sokoto Correctional Facility to bring him to the Federal Capital Territory on Friday to perfect his appeal documents.
A spokesperson for the family and Kanu’s younger brother, Emma Kanu, disclosed in a phone conversation with our corespondent on Thursday morning, that the Abuja High Court had issued “a summons to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to appear on November 28 at the Federal High Court in Abuja for the settlement of records regarding the appeal he filed prior to the November 20 judgment.”
A production warrant is a mandatory order that authorises prison authorities to convey an inmate from detention to the courtroom.
According to Emma, “a production warrant is required for the Sokoto Prison to transport him (Nnamdi Kanu) to Abuja, but the Court declined to issue it.”
In a summons sighted, the Principal Registrar I, Federal High Court, Abuja, Ojonugwa Thomas, referred to Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2025 between Nnamdi Kanu and the Federal Government, summoning the parties “to settle record (in compliance with Order and Rule 2 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2021).”
The summons stated that “all parties concerned are required to attend before me at the Appeal Section of the Federal High Court Headquarters, Plot 1048 (710) Cadastral Zone A100, Off Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Abuja, on the 28th day of November 2025 at the hour of 11:00 a.m. to proceed with settlement of the Record of Appeal therein.”
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