The family of Nnamdi Kanu has raised a grave alarm, expressing fears for the safety of the IPOB leader’s after transfer to a prison in Sokoto.
Kanu was moved after being sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism-related charges.
Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the detainee’s brother, stated that when Kanu’s legal team arrived for a scheduled visit at the DSS facility in Abuja, they were informed he had been relocated.
“They have secretly relocated Nnamdi Kanu to Sokoto prison with the intention to kill him by denying him access to his personal physicians,” he said.
The family expressed fear over his safety, emphasizing that Kanu is on special medication for a failed health condition and that the move could lead to a return to “administering drugs to him,” which they oppose.
The transfer was also criticized by Kanu’s former lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, as an unwise move that isolates the leader from his support base.
The development follows a life sentence handed down by a Federal High Court, a verdict the prosecution hailed as just.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
