Nigeria: South-East Residents, Ipob React to Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Imprisonment

Mr Kanu, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, had been facing trial since 2015 when he was first arrested by Nigeria’s authorities.

Residents of South-east have expressed outrage over the conviction and sentencing of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted Mr Kanu on all seven counts preferred against him by…