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The Federal Government has declared each correctional centres crossed the state arsenic reddish zones, informing the nationalist to steer wide amid planned nationwide protests calling for the merchandise of detained person of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) issued the directive successful a connection connected Sunday, signed by its Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar. The bureau said the determination was a precautionary measurement to safeguard the country’s custodial facilities and forestall immoderate information breaches during the protests scheduled for Monday, October 20, 2025.
“In airy of the planned nationwide protest… the nationalist is hereby informed that each correctional centres are declared arsenic reddish zones,” the connection read.
Abubakar emphasised that the facilities remained restricted areas and warned that individuals without authoritative concern astatine immoderate correctional installation should enactment distant to debar “untoward incidents.”
The Service urged Nigerians to cooperate with information agencies and respect the restricted presumption of custodial centres, stressing the request for caution and calm to support nationalist order.
The protest, organised by activistic Omoyele Sowore, is the latest successful a bid of actions aimed astatine pressuring the authorities to merchandise Kanu, who has been successful detention since 2021 connected charges including coercion and treasonable felony.
LEADERSHIP reports that Kanu, who was re-arrested successful 2021 and is facing proceedings connected charges including coercion and treasonable felony, remains a polarising figure, viewed arsenic a state combatant by his supporters and a nationalist information menace by the national government.
This improvement comes amidst increasing nationalist scrutiny implicit Kanu’s prolonged detention contempt respective tribunal rulings, including a 2022 judgement by the Court of Appeal ordering his release, a determination aboriginal stayed by the Supreme Court.
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