A Federal High Court in Abuja has handed life sentence to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has handed life sentence to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgement after convicting Kanu on all seven counts of terrorism offences.
The judge sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment in counts one, four, five and six, instead of death sentence penalty.
The judge, who sentenced Kanu to a 20-year jail term in count three, however, committed him to three years imprisonment in count seven
The judge ordered that Kanu should be kept in a facility suitable for his behaviour, stating that Kuje Correctional Centre would not serve the purpose his sentence was meant to achieve.
The judge held that Kanu should be kept in protective custody in any part of the country.
He said he did not sentence Kanu to death based on the fact that capital punishment was going into extinction worldwide and also because the Holy books recommend mercy.
“Life is sacred to God,” he held.
Omotosho cited prosecution evidence, including video interviews in which Kanu made violent threats against Nigeria and its citizens, as the basis for the conviction.
The court found Kanu guilty of counts one and two of making a series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings, in furtherance of his separatist agitation for Biafra
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