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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eromo Egbejule West African correspondent

Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court

Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu in 2016. Photograph: AP Photo/AP

The Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to life in prison on terrorism-related charges by a court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (Ipob) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria and during anti-police protests in Lagos.

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