Reports have revealed that inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sokoto, have announced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as their president.

Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho after he was found guilty of acts of terrorism.

The IPOB leader, who had been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja while his protracted trial lasted for four years, was moved to Sokoto Prisons after he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Beadysword blog reported that drama erupted upon his arrival at Sokoto Prison, as inmates unanimously declared him the “Prison President.”

Witnesses said the inmates scrambled to get close enough to shake his hand, calling him “a man who speaks the truth without fear.”