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BREAKING: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, found guilty of terrorism

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has found the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, guilty of terrorism.

The verdict was given on Thursday by Justice James Omotosho while delivering judgement in the case of terrorism against Kanu.

Justice Omotosho declared that the judgement followed the incontrovertible evidences in count one that Kanu made series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings in the country.

Kanu has been found guilty of all the seven counts charge against him.

While the first count charge is on terrorism, the second is enforcement of illegal sit at home order while count three is being a member of a proscribed organisatioin.

He is also guilty of the fourth and five counts bordering on inciting people to take up arms against security personnel and their families.

It would be recalled that earlier, Justice Omotosho, ordered Kanu to be removed from the courtroom.

The order followed Kanu’s repeated insistence that the judgement would not be delivered in the terrorism case against him by the federal government.

Kanu argued that the court could not go ahead with the delivery of the judgement which was to be scheduled for Thursday.

His reason was that he was yet to file his final written address.

The IPOB leader accused the judge of being bias.

He also alleged that the judge did not know the law.

Following the order of the judge, Kanu was taken away from the court room.

The judge continued the delivery of the final judgement in his absence and broadcast live.

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