The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed 3:50 p.m. on Thursday as the time to deliver judgement in the terrorism trial of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, announced the time before going on break on Thursday.
The lawmaker representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Obi Aguocha, pleaded for mercy for the IPOB leader.
After Aguocha’s plea, Justice Omotosho said: “I will consider all these and I will rise and come back by 10 minutes to 4 p.m. You may go and come back for the sentencing.”
Court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges
The judge earlier found Kanu guilty of seven count charges filed against him by federal government.
Justice Omotosho said the right to self-determination is a political right, adding: “Article 20 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, gives people the right to self-determination.”
The judge said Nigeria is an indivisible state and can’t be divided, stating that anyone agitating for a break up of Nigeria is breaking the law.
“The defendant is using terrorism as a weapon to bring secession to Nigeria. The defendant did not threaten Nigeria only, but his own people,” the judge said.
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