The lead counsel to the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has raised concern over the well-being of his client following reports of a United States military strike on terrorist targets in Sokoto State.
Reports that the US President, Donald Trump, announced multiple air strikes carried out on Islamic State (ISIS) militants in north-west Nigeria, saying the operation targeted fighters accused of killing mainly Christians in the region.
In a Truth Social post late on Christmas Day, Trump said the strikes were launched “at my direction as Commander in Chief.”
He wrote: “Tonight, at my direction… the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians…”
In a post via , Ejimakor stated that the development confirmed that Sokoto is heavily affected by terrorist activities and was never a safe location to detain Nnamdi Kanu.
He argued that the presence of terrorists in the area poses a serious risk to Kanu’s safety and urged the authorities to relocate him to a facility outside what he described as the “terrorist belt” in northern Nigeria.
He said: “The US military strike against terrorists in Sokoto has finally confirmed that Sokoto is riddled with terrorists & thus was never a safe place of custody for MAZI NNAMDI KANU. It’s now more urgent that he be travelled outside the terrorist belt in Northern Nigeria.”
