Following today’s conviction of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, the Federal Government, has applied for him to be sentenced to death.
FG’s lead counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, made the application shortly after the court found Kanu guilty on all seven counts of terrorism charges that were preferred against him.
The prosecution insisted that Kanu’s incitement led to the death of several security operatives and the destruction of public infrastructure, alleging that both the IPOB and the Eastern Security Network, ESN, which he identified as its armed wing, took steps to destabilize the country.
Awomolo, maintained that imposing the maximum sentence on Kanu, who never showed any remorse, was the only way to give justice to the victims of his terrorist acts.
According to him, “ whereas the counts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the charge prescribed the death sentence, count 3 attracts 20 years imprisonment, while the punishment for the offence in count 7 is five years jail term.”
“My lord should consider the nature and gravity of acts of terrorism committed by the convict which were against innocent Nigerians that reside in the South East,” he added.
Besides, he accused Kanu of failing to show remorse or penitence for the offence, insisting that his conduct before the court was marked by arrogance.
FG also urged the court to order the forfeiture of all the broadcast equipment seized from Kanu, as well as to restrict him from having access to digital devices or internet facilities, wherever he would be kept to serve the sentence.
