US EditionNigeria: Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu's Request for Transfer From Sokoto Prison
The court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu’s transfer request must be heard with all parties served, citing procedural fairness and a flawed notice of appeal, with hearing set for Jan 27, 2026.
- At Monday's hearing, the Federal High Court in Abuja rejected Nnamdi Kanu's ex‑parte bid to transfer him from Sokoto Correctional Facility to Kuje Custodial Centre or Keffi Custodial Centre and ordered the application converted to a motion on notice.
- Nnamdi Kanu filed an ex‑parte application through the Legal Aid Council seeking to 'compel' the Federal Government and Nigerian Correctional Service to transfer him from Sokoto to a custodial facility within the court's jurisdiction, such as Suleja or Keffi.
- The judge noted multiple procedural problems, including striking out the prayer to 'compel' transfer, finding a dating blunder on Kanu's notice of appeal, and refusing Prince Emmanuel's motion as he is not a lawyer.
- Given Mr Kanu's Nov. 20 conviction and sentence, the court ordered he be held in any secure prison but excluded Abuja, noting respondents must be heard before transfer, which Kanu's counsel conceded.
- The judge set January 27, 2026 for the motion on notice, with Justice James Omotosho advising Prince Emmanuel to hire a lawyer or seek help from the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria.
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Nnamdi Kanu suffers first setback in suit seeking his transfer from Sokoto prison
The Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the request of Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking transfer from Sokoto prison to either Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory or Keffi prison in Nasarawa State. Kanu had filed an ex-parte application through the Legal Aid Council, praying the court to approve his request without hearing from the Federal Government. He sought an order compelling the Federal Government and/or the Nig…
Court Rejects Ex Parte Bid by Nnamdi Kanu to Leave Sokoto Prison
SOKOTO, Nigeria — A federal high court in Abuja on Monday, December 7, 2025, declined to grant an emergency application seeking the transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, from the Sokoto correctional facility to a prison closer to Nigeria’s capital. Kanu was remanded in Sokoto following his conviction on Thursday, November 20, 2025, on a seven-count terrorism-related charge by the same court. …
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