The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him by the Federal Government.
Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho held that Kanu’s repeated declaration of a “sit-at-home” order—enforced through threats and violence—constituted an act of terrorism.
The court noted that no individual had the constitutional authority to issue such directives, especially when backed by coercion.
“The declaration of a sit-at-home without any constitutional power, accompanied by threats, is a terrorist act,” Justice Omotosho ruled.
The judge further stated that the prosecution had successfully provided credible and compelling evidence to substantiate the allegations.
He also criticised Kanu’s strategy of pursuing the Biafra agitation through violent means.
Earlier, prosecution counsel Adegboyega Awomolo had urged the court to impose the maximum penalty—the death sentence—on the IPOB leader.
