Thursday, November 20, 2025 - A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu of the proscribed separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment upon his conviction on the offence of terrorism.
Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday,
four years after Kanu was arrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria
Justice Omotosho sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment ‘in
relation to counts one, two, four, five and six of the seven-count charge in
which he was prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS).’
For count three, relating to the offences of belonging to a
proscribed terrorist group, Justice Omotosho sentenced him to 20 years
imprisonment without an option of fine.
On count seven, bordering on his unlawful importation of a
radio transmitter for the purpose of furthering the clandestine activities of
Radio Biafra, which is not registered in Nigeria, the judge sentenced him to
five years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The judge who noted that Kanu had been unruly all through
the trial, said; “the law allowed the court to sentence him to death for the
terrorism offences, but that he (the judge) as a Christian, chose to be
merciful to the defendant.”
Justice Omotosho ordered that the defendant be kept in a
protective custody ‘in any part of the country, but not in Kuje prison, Abuja
and that the radio transmitter be forfeited to the Nigerian Government.’
Court sentences IPOB leader, NNAMDI KANU, to life imprisonment for terrorism pic.twitter.com/xYoQCwK75X
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) November 21, 2025
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