Biafra activist Nnamdi Kanu has been convicted of terrorism charges.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, has finally convicted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for terrorism offences after 10 years of trial.
This online news platform understands that the judgment of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court comes after years of legal battle between Nnamdi Kanu and the Nigerian government.
The presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, announced Kanu’s conviction in a lengthy judgment delivered on Thursday, November
On the count of terrorism, Justice Omotosho said: “It is clear from the evidence that the defendant committed a terrorism act.
“The defendant is convicted in respect of court one.”
As of the time of filing this report, Justice Omotosho is still giving his judgment on other counts, including the declaration of sit-at-home in the South-East region of Nigeria.
However, Kanu had said before he was escorted out of the court for unruly behaviour, that no judgment must be delivered until he was shown the law he breached.
According to him, the court has no jurisdiction to try him.
Justice Omotosho had said the judgment would be based on four issues.
Meanwhile, Newsone recalls that Nnamdi Kanu was first arrested in 2015 on charges of treason and was rearrested in 2021 in Kenya.
Kanu’s conviction comes months after the leader of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, was sentenced to six years in jail in Finland for inciting violence in Nigeria.
