Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has declared the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, an international terrorist.
He convicted Kanu on the sixth count of making inciting broadcasts against the British High Commission and the US Embassy, including against those countries’ former envoys in Nigeria.
This attracts a maximum of life imprisonment.
The detained Leader has now been convicted on all seven counts in his on-going terrorism trial.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, minutes ago found him guilty on the seventh count of illegally importing into the country broadcast equipment for the operations of the Radio Biafra. This attracts five years imprisonment.
Justice Omotosho concluded the conviction this Thursday afternoon, November 20, 2025, and is expected to announce Nnamdi Kanu’s sentence later.
Before announcing the conviction, Justice Omotosho accused Kanu – who was earlier ejected from court for opposing his impending judgement – of being unruly and disrespecting the court. He said that the rudeness of the IPOB Leader climaxed with his disruption of the court’s proceedings.
Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021, following his controversial interception and return to Nigeria from Kenya in circumstances his lawyers describe as “extraordinary rendition”.
Kanu is entitled to challenge Omotosho’s ruling at the appellate court.
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