Justice James Omotosho of an Abuja High Court has made it clear that he would have sentenced the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to death if it were not that death sentence has gone out of fashion across the world. He, instead, committed him to life imprisonment.
Justice Omotosho, who delivered the judgment today in the terrorism case against Kanu, after sending him out of the courtroom for unruly behaviour, said that another reason he didn’t send him to death sentence was because the Holy books recommend mercy.
The judge asked that Nnamdi Kanu be kept in a facility suitable for his behaviour, saying that Kuje Correctional Centre would not serve the purpose his sentence was meant to achieve.
He said the convict must not be allowed to go near any electronic device except he is monitored closely by the Office of the National Security Adviser.
He ordered that Nnamdi Kanu should be kept in protective custody in any part of the country.
Omotosho also ruled that the transmitter Kanu used for his broadcasts be forfeited to the Federal Government.
He said that if there is no appeal in the case, other equipment used by Kanu should be forfeited to the federal government.
