Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, have visited the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at a prison facility in Sokoto State.

Otti was accompanied by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna (SAN); and his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma.

Disclosing this in a statement, the governor’s spokesman said some officials of the Sokoto State Government were also present.

Ekeoma said after the visit, Governor Otti encouraged Kanu to remain strong, adding that engagements he initiated more than two years ago had been intensified.

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“Governor Otti while discussing with Mazi Kanu during the visit encouraged him to remain strong, assuring that the engagements he started over two years ago, which the IPOB leader has been aware of, have been intensified in spite of what happened,” the statement read.

“The Governor enjoined Kanu to remain calm but strong, assuring that the issue will be resolved administratively and that he Mazi Kanu will regain his freedom.

“Governor Otti expressed joy that the Sultan of Sokoto is on the same page with him on the need for Kanu’s freedom and de-escalation of tension, and informed Mazi Kanu that the Sultan of Sokoto had on a lighter note told him that Kanu is now his subject and he was going to Turbane him, an information that got the IPOB Leader laughing loudly.”

The visit comes about two weeks after Kanu was convicted of terrorism by a Federal High Court, Abuja, after the court found him guilty on all seven counts filed against him by the Nigerian government.

In his verdict, Justice James Omotosho, sentenced him to life imprisonment and ordered that he be prevented from having access to mobile devices and broadcast equipment except under the watch of security operatives.