The Federal High Court in Abuja has delivered a landmark ruling in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
Justice James Omotosho has convicted Kanu on all seven counts of terrorism charges brought against him by the Department of State Services.
In his judgment, the judge held that the prosecution presented sufficient and credible evidence to prove its case.
He noted that Kanu failed to enter a defence, instead choosing to rest his case on the prosecution’s evidence—a gamble the court said left it with no option but to convict.
The judge faulted Kanu’s approach to achieve a Biafra nation by employing violence, as a terrorist group.
With sentencing now being awaited, the lead prosecutor Adegboyega Awomolo has urged the court to hand down a death sentence for the defendant. The Senior Advocate says counts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 provides for the maximum penalty owing to the gravity of the offence.
Awomolo expressed shock that rather than show remorse, the defendant has remained ever so unruly.
Godfrey Eshiomogie
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