Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life in Nigeria over terror charges

Lawyers for convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu have rejected a Nigerian court’s ruling that sentenced him to life imprisonment on seven terrorism-related charges.

Kanu was accused of acts of terrorism, issuing and violently enforcing weekly stay-at-home orders across the southeast, instructing others on bomb-making targeting government facilities, and incitement.

Aloy Ejimakor, legal consultant to Nnamdi Kanu, said: “Today will…