Terrorism: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, bags life imprisonment

The Pathfinder
Thursday November 20, 2025
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism.”

Justice James Omotosho said he sentenced Kanu to “life imprisonment on counts one, four, five, and six, instead of a death sentence.”

He also sentenced the IPOB leader to “20 years imprisonment on Count Three, and five years imprisonment on Count Seven, with no option of fine.”

The judge said the sentences “shall run concurrently.”

Delivering judgment, he said “I hereby sentence the convict to life imprisonment for counts one, four, five, and six, instead of death sentence.

“With respect to Count Three, he is hereby sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with no option of fine.

“For Count Seven, he is sentenced to five years imprisonment without option of fine. To extend the mercy, I hereby order that the sentence shall run concurrently.”

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