Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was found guilty on Counts One, Two, and Three of the terrorist accusations that the Federal Government had brought against him by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The decision, which was made on Thursday, represents a significant turning point in the protracted case that has garnered national and worldwide interest over the course of several years.
Justice James Omotosho reportedly backed the prosecution’s evidence, which claimed that Kanu threatened violence against the Federal Republic of Nigeria through a broadcast.
“Committing an act of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria by making a broadcast, threatening that people will die and the world will be at a standstill” was the judge’s summary of the count.
According to Justice Omotosho, the evidence unequivocally showed that the IPOB leader encouraged acts that could frighten the population.
“Kanu knew what he was doing; he was bent on carrying out these threats without consideration to his own people,” the judge remarked during the ruling.
He went on to say that Kanu’s orders amounted to terrorist preparations based on the prosecution’s uncontested evidence.
“He was required to provide an explanation, but he did not,” the court declared.
At precisely 1:02 pm, Justice Omotosho added that substantial evidence presented in court proved Kanu issued the contentious sit-at-home order in the South-East.
The judge emphasized that the order, which had produced widespread fear and economic paralysis in the region, supported the prosecution’s allegations that Kanu incited conduct that qualified as terrorism.
Kanu threatened to kill anyone who disobeyed his order to stay at home, according to count two.
In the third count, he claimed to be an IPOB leader and member.
