Nnamdi Kanu recordsdata enchantment in opposition to terrorism conviction, life jail time period
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB), has approached the court docket of enchantment in Abuja to problem his conviction and life imprisonment sentence.
In a discover of enchantment dated February 4, 2026, Kanu filed the enchantment marked CA/ABJ/CR/…/2026, in search of to overturn the judgment delivered in cost quantity FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015.
In November 2025, the Federal Excessive Courtroom convicted Kanu and sentenced him to life imprisonment on seven counts bordering on terrorism.
The offences included committing an act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, terrorism opposite to part 1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Prevention (Modification) Act, 2013.
Kanu was additionally convicted for making a broadcast round Might 30, 2021, which was obtained in Nigeria and allegedly sought to intimidate the general public by issuing a threat that anybody who defied a sit-at-home order ought to put together a will.
Within the enchantment, Kanu argued that the trial court docket erred in legislation and process by imposing sentence with out granting him the precise of allocutus.
He stated the omission denied him the chance to handle the court docket earlier than sentencing.
Kanu additionally argued that the trial court docket failed to think about mitigating elements and different important sentencing issues earlier than imposing the utmost punishment.
He urged the appellate court docket to permit the enchantment and quash his conviction on all counts.
Kanu additional requested the court docket to put aside the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the trial decide.
He prayed the court docket to grant “an order of the Honourable Courtroom of Enchantment quashing, reversing and setting apart the sentences/punishment imposed on the appellant by the Honourable trial Federal Excessive Courtroom Decide within the cost No; FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015”.
Kanu additionally requested “an order of the Honourable Courtroom of Enchantment discharging and acquitting the appellant in respect of all of the counts in cost No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015”.
The enchantment lists Kanu because the appellant, whereas the federal republic of Nigeria is known as because the respondent.
The submitting marks the newest authorized transfer by the IPOB chief, who’s at present being held in Sokoto jail, as he challenges the end result of his trial and the severity of his sentence.