Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been convicted by the Federal High Court in Abuja of terrorism charges, including ordering a "sit-at-home" across the Southeast and inciting violence. The court ruled that these actions amounted to terrorism under Section 16 of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2013, which prescribes either the death penalty or life imprisonment upon conviction. Justice James Omotosho found the prosecution's case proven beyond reasonable doubt and convicted Kanu on all seven counts against him.

Although sentencing was initially postponed briefly, it was eventually announced that Nnamdi Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment for the terrorism offences. The court highlighted that the prescribed penalty for the offences he was convicted of is either death or life imprisonment, and the final sentence handed down was life imprisonment. This follows a decade-long legal battle since his first arrest on these charges.