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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to life imprisonment
The sentencing was handed down in Kanu’s absence, as he had refused to attend the hearing, insisting that the court should not proceed with delivering judgment in the terrorism case filed against him by the Federal Government.
Kanu had earlier been convicted on seven counts of terrorism, including acts of incitement, issuing illegal stay-at-home orders in the South-East, promoting violence, and instructing the making of explosives to target government facilities. The court found that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, establishing his involvement in terrorist activities and membership of a proscribed organization.
The sentencing was handed down in Kanu’s absence, as he had refused to attend the hearing, insisting that the court should not proceed with delivering judgment in the terrorism case filed against him by the Federal Government.
Kanu had earlier been convicted on seven counts of terrorism, including acts of incitement, issuing illegal stay-at-home orders in the South-East, promoting violence, and instructing the making of explosives to target government facilities. The court found that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, establishing his involvement in terrorist activities and membership of a proscribed organization.