Claim: A Facebook page claims that two Sokoto prison guards have resigned due to the imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu Verdict: False Full Text A Facebook page titled Orientation Page reported on Friday, February 28th, 2025, that two correctional service officers resigned in relation to the testimony of Nnamdi Kanu at Sokoto Correctional Centre. The post
Claim: A Facebook page claims that two Sokoto prison guards have resigned due to the imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu
Verdict: False
Full Text
A Facebook page titled Orientation Page reported on Friday, February 28th, 2025, that two correctional service officers resigned in relation to the testimony of Nnamdi Kanu at Sokoto Correctional Centre. The post attached the pictures of the alleged officers, with a quote: “Two Sokoto prison guards have tendered their resignation, declaring that ‘after listening to Nnamdi Kanu inside that prison, our hatred for Nigeria began.”
According to them, keeping Nnamdi Kanu in Sokoto prison is a national disgrace and an insult to Ndi-Igbo. One of the guards, visibly emotional, said: Sokoto prison will never remain the same again. Nnamdi Kanu opened my eyes. Everything he has been saying about Nigeria is the raw, undiluted truth. My mentality changed the moment I heard him speak. Another guard added: I can no longer serve a system that jails a man for speaking truth. Nnamdi Kanu’s presence here is a shame on this country.”
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a judgment delivered by Presiding Judge James Omotosho at the Federal High Court in Abuja on three of the seven terrorism charges filed against him by the Federal Government.
In the judgment, the judge declared that he should be placed in protective custody in any part of Nigeria. For this reason, he was moved to the Nigerian Custodial Centre (prison) in Sokoto.
This post has garnered 3.3k likes, 969 comments and 651 shares, showing how important the issue of Nnamdi Kanu is in the country. Emotion and misleading information may be flying to heat the polity. While others applaud the post, some believe this is not true. This made NDRFactCheck verify the authenticity of the claim.
It was also found that the post has since gone viral. here, here, here, here, here
Verification
NDRFactcheck, through a telephone and message conversation, reached out to the Nigerian Correctional Service. Responding to us from the office of the public relations officer, Oludare Oyedokun, he said the Nigerian Correctional Service saw the post but ignored it because it was never true and they aren’t bothered about it.
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Conclusion
The Nigerian Correctional Service advises the public to ignore false information in circulation and avoid sharing unverified materials that could cause misinformation or tension.
