• The Federal High Court in Abuja finds Nnamdi Kanu guilty on all seven terrorism counts, including broadcasting, “sit-at-home” orders, and leading IPOB
• Kanu had sought to block the judgment by arguing that the terrorism law used in his case was repealed
• However, the court led by Justice James Omotosho, rejected his submission and has found IPOB leader Kanu guilty on all seven terrorism counts

Abuja, Nigeria – A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on all seven terrorism-related charges brought by the Federal Government.

The judgment was delivered by Justice James Kolawole Omotosho after the court ruled that Kanu had failed to open his defence.

Earlier, Kanu had filed a motion at the Court of Appeal seeking to stop the Federal High Court from delivering the judgment, claiming that the terrorism law used to charge him was invalid. He argued that his counts were based on repealed legislation.

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The counts on which Kanu was found guilty include:

1. Engaging in acts of terrorism
2. Belonging to and leading a proscribed group (IPOB)
3. Threatening and killing security operatives
4. Burning properties
5. Concealment
6. Committing acts of terrorism through broadcasts.
7. Issuing “sit-at-home” orders that disrupted public life in the Southeast

“The right to self-determination is a political right. Any self-determination not done according to the constitution of Nigeria is illegal,” Judge James Omotosho said.

Nnamdi Kanu’s agitation

Kanu had called for the creation of an independent state out of southeastern Nigeria.

He has sought to revive the short-lived Biafra, a seceded region of Nigeria between 1967 and 1970, which sparked the Nigerian Civil War during that period.

At least 3 million people were killed before the Biafran troops surrendered.

Kanu was re-arrested in 2021 and brought back from Kenya after initially failing to appear in court in 2015.

In September, Justice Omotosho rejected Kanu’s no-case submission, stating that the prosecution had demonstrated a prima facie case.

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According to court records, Kanu did not call any witnesses to defend himself.

Judge Orders Security to Take Kanu Out of Courtroom

Legit.ng earlier reported that Trial justice, James Omotosho of the federal high court, Abuja, has ordered security agents to take Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), out of the courtroom.

As reported by Vanguard on Thursday morning, November 20, 2025, Kanu insisted that judgment would not be delivered in the terrorism charge the federal government entered against him.

Following Kanu’s repeated shouts that the trial judge must show him where it was written in the Nigerian law that he was not entitled to file a written address in the case against him, the court temporarily halted its proceedings to enable security operatives to take him out of the room.

Source: Legit.ng