Bashir Ahmad, former presidential media aide has said there is no need calling for the relocation of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB from the Sokoto prison.

DAILY POST reports that the US military airstrikes in Sokoto had triggered panic over the safety of the convicted secessionist.

Several Nigerians had called for Kanu’s immediate transfer from the Sokoto correctional center for his safety.

But in a post on his official X handle on Friday, Bashir said Kanu is also a terrorist like those being targeted by the US army.

He wrote, “Kanu is a convicted terrorist and the U.S. strikes were aimed at terrorist targets, so under those circumstances, there is no reasonable basis for calling for his relocation”.

President Donald Trump had announced that there were major airstrikes against insurgents in Sokoto on Christmas night.