The Lead Personal Physician to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Prof. M. A. C. Aghaji, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to transfer his patient to the Sokoto Correctional Facility, warning that the move poses severe and potentially life-threatening risks to his health.
Kanu, who was convicted by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, was moved from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Sokoto on Friday, a development that has continued to provoke outrage among his family members, supporters, and medical team.
In a letter dated November 19, 2025, and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, the doctor described the relocation as abrupt, medically dangerous and ill-timed, coming barely 24 hours after the court ruling.