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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 on all seven terrorism-related charges filed by the Federal Government.
Justice James Omotosho delivered the sentence on Thursday shortly after the court reconvened from an hour-long recess to conclude the high-profile judgment.
Earlier, the judge had ruled that Kanu was guilty of engaging in terrorism, belonging to and leading a proscribed organisation, threatening and killing security operatives, burning public and private properties, acts of concealment, and importing an unregistered radio transmitter into the country.
Kanu, who has been at the centre of one of Nigeria’s most politically sensitive trials, was in court as the sentence was pronounced.
Thursday’s verdict marks a major turning point in the long-running case, which has drawn international attention and sparked widespread reactions across the South-East.
More details are expected as the matter progresses to possible appeal stages and as legal teams respond to the ruling.
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