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IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu files appeal, challenges conviction and sentences

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2026

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court, alleging that the trial was marred by fundamental legal errors and amounted to a miscarriage of justice. In

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IPOB’s Sit-at-home Order And The South East Economy

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde In the last five years in the five South Eastern states of Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu, and Ebonyi, Mondays have been declared sit-at-home days, meaning a no-work day. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in 2021, ordered that Mondays be observed as a no-work-day in those states in solidarity with their leader, […]

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Just In: Court strikes out Nnamdi Kanu’s motion for transfer out of Sokoto correctional facility

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2026

Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal high court Abuja, on Tuesday struck out an ex-parte motion filed by the convicted leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking his transfer from the Sokoto correctional facility. The legal representative of Kanu, Demdoo Asan, a senior legal officer at the Legal Aid Council, informed the […]

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Court refuses Nnamdi Kanu’s ex parte request for transfer from Sokoto prison

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex parte application filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be moved from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to a custodial facility within Abuja or nearby Nasarawa State. Kanu, represented by the Legal Aid Council, had urged the […]

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Just In:Appeal Court Tosses Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Rights Violation Appeal

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2025

….Says Case Now Academic After Terrorism Conviction The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by convicted terrorist and IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, over alleged violation of his fundamental rights while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). A three-member panel ruled that the suit had no merit […]

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Just In: Kanu moved to Sokoto Correctional Centre after life sentence — Lawyer

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2025

Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, says the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been transferred to a correctional facility in Sokoto following his conviction and life sentence. Ejimakor disclosed the development on Friday in a post on X, noting that Kanu was moved from the custody of the Department of […]