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Nnamdi Kanu Moved to Sokoto Correctional Facility After Life Sentence

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"BM9VcWl5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa<&sol;p><div class&equals;"5z1dwclk" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian Tracker News has gathered that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra &lpar;IPOB&rpar;&comma; Nnamdi Kanu&comma; has been transferred from the Department of State Services &lpar;DSS&rpar; facility in Abuja to a correctional centre in Sokoto State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The development was made public on Friday by Kanu’s lawyer&comma; Aloy Ejimakor&comma; who announced the transfer in a post on X&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"kUwbFuyW" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Ejimakor wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Breaking&colon; MAZI NNAMDI KANU has just been moved from DSS Abuja to the correctional facility &lpar;prison&rpar; in Sokoto&semi; so far away from his lawyers&comma; family&comma; loved ones and well wishers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The legal team of the IPOB leader had condemned the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja&comma; which on Thursday convicted and sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra &lpar;IPOB&rpar; to life imprisonment on terrorism charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The lawyers had described the verdict delivered by Justice James Omotosho as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a travesty of justice” and vowed to challenge it at the Court of Appeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to journalists after the court session&comma; Kanu’s special counsel&comma; Barrister Aloy Ejimakor&comma; said the ruling marked a dark day in Nigeria’s judicial history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today will forever be in Nigeria history&period; Today is the only day I have witnessed a man being convicted for just what he said from his mouth&comma; not what he did with his own hands&comma;” Ejimakor said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ejimakor argued that the evidence presented in court did not support the conviction handed down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The verdict is not consistent with the evidence laid before the court&period; The sentence is overbroad&comma; cruel and unusual&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How can you convict a man for making a mere broadcast from a location that was never named&comma; and you never tied that broadcast to any single incidents of violence&comma; or even someone slapping someone&comma; not to talk of terrorism&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He insisted that Kanu’s advocacy for self-determination did not amount to a criminal act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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