Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria Federal Capital Territory on Thursday convicted and sentenced Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to a passionate prison term of life imprisonment against the penalty of Death sentence he said he ought to have pronounced on the Biafra Republic agitation leader over the statements Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made on October 20, 2020 through Radio Biafra during the war like situation between the civilian population and Nigeria security operatives following series of reports that the Nigeria security operatives were shooting and killing innocent unarmed protesters, who were protesting against bad government and Police brutalities tagged Endsars protest, Justice Omotosho in his ruling, said, Nnamdi Kanu was responsible for the killing of 175 security operatives during the Endsars civil-military war like situation on October 20, 2020, and Justice Omotosho in his ruling, failed to state the numbers of civilians that were killed by Nigeria security operatives during the war like situation that apparently forced Nnamdi Kanu to start teaching the civilians on how to manufacture molotov cocktail also known as petrol bombs, urging them to go and meet welders to buy bullet proof doors from the welders to defend themselves and launched a retaliatory defensive attacks against the Nigeria security operatives who were accused of turning the peaceful protest into a barrage of gunfire, human rights violations and abuses, Justice Omotosho convicted Nnamdi Kanu on counts 4 and 5 over the Endsars protest and he described Nnamdi Kanu action during the violent-protest as an act of terrorism, on count one, Justice Omotosho convicted Nnamdi Kanu for an act of Preparatory to commit terrorism over statements made by Nnamdi Kanu in May 2021, Justice Omotosho in the ruling claimed and ruled that Nnamdi Kanu declared war against security operatives in the South East states without provocation, this statement by Justice Omotosho apparently made him looked like a biased person, because after Justice Omotosho read the entire seven count charge and convicted Nnamdi Kanu, Justice Omotosho thereafter recognized a media news report and broadcast of Nnamdi Kanu on April 25, 2021, wherein, Nnamdi Kanu vowed to avenge the killing of Ikonso, the then Head of Eastern Security Network, ESN, by a combined team of Nigeria security operatives led by the Nigerian Army under the command of former Chief of Army Staff, Late Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja who was then the General Officer Commanding, G.O.C 82 Division, the Nigerian Army insisted in its report that Ikonso was killed during exchange of gunfire with the security operatives, but, Nnamdi Kanu rejected the claim and repeatedly stated that Ikonso was killed in his sleep and the killing was a pure case of assassination by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a way to weaken the people of South East states and denied them the ability to be able to establish the Eastern Security Network, ESN to defend themselves against Boko Haram terrorists and expansionist foreign Fulani invaders from different countries like Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Nigerien Republic and Chad that were advancing from the Northern part of Nigeria and cruising through the Middle belt states to South East, South West and South South States, for the record, killing of Ikonso by security operatives apparently marked the genesis of the full scale guerrilla war between the Biafra armed group and the Armed Forces of Nigeria including other Nigeria security operatives, Justice Omotosho also convicted Nnamdi Kanu for the creation of unlawful organisation over the establishment of ESN in a broadcast Nnamdi Kanu made in December 2020, stating that the ESN has been created to protect the people of South east against Boko Haram terrorists, after the ruling, Justice Omotosho stated that the Boko Haram terrorists among other terrorist groups are making people not to enjoy life in Nigeria, thereafter, the Prosecution lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo told the court that in the last few days or weeks, Nigeria has been a season of victim upon victims of terrorism, Adegboyega’s statement maybe inline with the current high rate of attacks by terrorists advancing from the Northern Nigeria to the Southern part, kidnapping and killing people like never before, that aside, Justice Omotosho also ruled that Nnamdi Kanu was responsible for the killing of Ahmed Gulak, the former presidential aide who was killed on May 30th, 2021 in Owerri on his way to the airport after conducting election primary, according to Justice Omotosho, Nnamdi Kanu act of declaring sit at home to mark the 2021 Biafra Heroes day led to the killing of Ahmed Gulak, in addition, Justice Omotosho ruled that Nnamdi Kanu is responsible for the killing and beheading of Military couple; Master Warrant Officer, MWO, Audu M Linus (retired) and Private Gloria Matthew, who were on transit to Imo state for their traditional wedding on Saturday April 30th, 2022 at Orlu in Imo state, a time Nnamdi Kanu had already been rearrested from Kenya and detained as at June 2021 at the custody of the Department of State Services almost a year plus before the military couple were caught and killed by gunmen suspected to be Biafra armed group, for the purpose of clarity, Justice Omotosho attributed these events of killings to Nnamdi Kanu apparently to satisfy the basic requirements of the law inline with Nigeria criminal justice system that borders on terrorism that Nnamdi Kanu statements were not mere threats, that, indeed, the statements caused an impact in the society, this, Justice Omotosho ruled and held that Nnamdi Kanu is responsible for the every Monday sit at home in the South Eastern states of Nigeria even in the face of the fact that the every Monday sit at home in the region began on August 9, 2021 after Nnamdi Kanu was not seen in court following his rearrest from Kenya, and people decided to enforce every Monday as a sit at home day in the South east states of Nigeria to demand the unconditional release of the rearrested and detained Biafra Republic agitation leader, details of the major parts of Justice Omotosho ruling are transcribed and presented verbatim below.

“Their rights to make sure it happens. In the broadcast of 16 May 2021, also contained in the exhibit PWW, the defendant in the beginning of the broadcast stated thus. My name is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. I am the leader of indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB and director of Radio Biafra and Biafra Television. I will remain a loyal servant on the people of Biafra. He further stated around 51 minutes mark and I quote, if God is on our side, which I know he is, the army of Nigeria will die in Biafra land. Everybody will die. I will be the one leading it.

By God’s grace, everything called Nigeria will perish in Biafra land. The world must be prepared for what is to come. I want to let Catriona Laing and the British government to know that we have chosen the path of death and people are dying every day. We have to develop the mindset of, after this, which even though NATO is there, will not. NATO is there. We say that we are ready to die and everyone that comes to kill us will die also. Because things will start happening in the next 14 days, in the next two weeks, the slaughter will begin to happen.

You see those CNN that have refused to come to Biafra. Will come by force to see what is happening. We will make sure that every Nigerian soldier on Biafra soil will die. God is my witness. I will lead this barrier myself. Around 55 minutes mark to the exhibits, he said, and I quote, I want the United government to understand that we are ready to die than be slaves, unquote.

At about one hour mark, he said, and I quote, Israel was named Palestinians by the Romans because they were too stubborn. Go and ask how they did it. They bombed them the Romans away. Not these roadside bombs. Every road leading to Biafra will be manned landmines. Everything that is Nigeria, whether it is police, army will blow till the kingdom come.

The defendant also stated in that same broadcast and I quote, we are asking for our freedom. They aren’t listening. But when we start doing what we want, the whole world will start begging us. And then I will come out from wherever I am and tell them that it’s too late. Throw away your phones. Remain incommunicado as we are in the state of war. It will not kill you to do away with your phones.

All people should go into the bush and stop the advance of this army or else they will kill you. These words spoken by the Defendant in those broadcasts were not mere words as they bear heavy traces of threats to harm people, including international representatives representing their nation in Nigeria. The said broadcasts were several in numbers, and defendant kept repeating his rhetorics that people will die if Biafra is not created.

The defendant plan to commit the terrorist act did not only manifest in its broadcast, but was shown in a meeting he had with other Igbo people in the United States at a World Congress Igbo Congress meeting held at the Four Points Hotel in Los Angeles in the United States of America, as contained in exhibit PWW. The defendant, while speaking to the audience, stated, and I quote, we must not miss this golden opportunity. We are bound to suffer in this time to come. You must come out to support what we are doing. We need guns and we need bullets. I know we love life so much.

Without it, Hausa will overrun us. They have succeeded in imposing Okoroshan on us. They are coming. Boko Haram is coming in Igboland. A female participant stood up to ask the defendant of his objective as well as why means for weapons. The defendant responded and I quote, we now know that the best way to defend ourselves is to be armed because Boko Haram is everywhere in zoo called Nigeria. So we need guns and bullets and those of you in America will give it to us.

Also, on the 22nd day of this month, something will happen called the blood moon. Most of you don’t know that just before the civil war there was blood moon. There was blood moon in 67 and it only happens once in a while because after this year we will be free. No matter what happened, if we don’t get Biafra, everyone will live to die. We are not joking.

His intention was quite clear. He believes only in violence as the solution to the creation of Biafra as a nation. And at the said world Igbo Congress, most of the participants were quite alarmed by the expressions as is planned. And so they kept asking if he had considered the option of peaceful dialogue, to which the defendant was adamant that only violence could lead to the achievement of his aim.

These threats of violence are nothing but terrorist acts which was duly carried out by his followers. Followers, as will be seen later in this judgment, the defendant knew what he was doing while making these violent statements. He obviously had an objective which won the face of, it is political, that is; secession of the state of Southeast, south south and some middle belt states from the Federal Republic of Nigeria to form Biafra.

The defendant was also bent on achieving his objective with the use of violence. And he didn’t mind if his owns, his own people die in that process. As one of the crucial elements in establishing crime, the intention and the knowledge with which defendant carried out the acts can be expressed by him if not so expressed by, can be deduced from its conduct or activities or other connected circumstances.

See Beride and Federal Republic of Nigeria. From the uncontroverted evidence led by the prosecution, particularly the procast contained in exhibit pww, it is clear that the defendant committed acts preparatory to an importance of terrorist acts. The defendant had the opportunity to explain but failed and deliberately refused to take that opportunity. Thus, he did not place any evidence before this court to explain the contents of the contest of the said broadcast or any reason which may be exculpatory in his favor.

Having failed and deliberately refused to enter defense or give explanation, the court will rely on the uncontroverted evidence of the prosecution. This court therefore holds that the prosecution has established count one of the charge beyond reasonable doubts. Consequently, the defendant is hereby convicted in respect of count one, with respect to count one of the charge.

The defendant was charged with making a broadcast received and had in Nigeria with intent to intimidate the population, issue deadly threats that anyone, who, that anyone who flout a sit at home order should write his will, as a result, of a result of which, banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, fuel stations domicile in the eastern states of Nigeria were not opened for businesses, citizens and vehicular movements in the eastern state of Nigeria were grounded.

This offense is also punishable under section 12 of the Terrorism Prevention Act. The ingredients are similar as contained in count one except that the prosecution must establish that the defendant indeed issue a threat to anyone who flouted his sit at home order in the south eastern state of Nigeria. The evidence as led by the prosecution shows that the defendant issued a sit at home order wherein he threatened the residents of the southeast states from going out.

He further threatened that any church, markets, schools, banks or shops which opened will be destroyed. This was the purpose of his broadcast of 30th day of May 2021 where he stated that he had an announcement to make regarding the short stand of the entire Southeast.

He stated exactly at 9 minutes 10 seconds in the broadcast contained in Exhibit PWW DOS and I quote, Tomorrow being the 31st day of May, there is complete lockdown. No church, no markets and nobody should be seen outside tomorrow. I do not want violence. I do not want anybody to resort to violence. I condemn it completely and totally. We do not want to spit the blood of the innocent.

Therefore, I am urging restraint across border. I am urging our people to honor the memory of people who died. There will be no school, no church, market, banks, car on the roads. There will be complete shutdown. If you want to be alive, do not come out tomorrow. What I’m saying is that do not come out tomorrow if you value your life. There will be complete shutdown of Biafra land tomorrow. Any community that allow vehicle to pass tomorrow will be in trouble.

Anybody, anybody in any car or lorry except in ambulance will be in trouble. I know some people are very foolish trying to open their shops around 12. If you open that very shop, we will burn you inside it. Especially Enugu, Umuohia, Abakaliki people. You are very stupid. Tomorrow we will show you.

This statement at first sounded peaceful and even seemed as if he was only persuading people to honor the memory of some people. However, defendant in his typical aggressive way of speaking began issuing threats to those who might (not) want to obey his order, that might not want to obey his order.

The people of the southeast are Nigerians and I take judicial notice substantially are Christians who go to church and merchants that are into trade and there are children who were threatened again against going to church, their places of business and schools. This court wonders if this can be said to be agitation for self agitations. Unequivocally, I say no.

The people of the Southeast of Nigeria are entitled to their right to personal liberty, freedom of movement under section 35 and section 41 of the constitution (of) The Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. The third session provides, and I quote, every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with the procedure permitted by law.

A. In execution of the sentence and order of court in respect of criminal offence of which he has been found guilty, B. By reason of his failure to comply with the order of court and in order to secure the fulfillment of any obligation imposed upon him by law, C. For the purpose of bringing in before a court in execution of order of court or upon reasonable substitution of his having committed a criminal offense. D. In the case of a person who has not attained the age of 18 years for the purpose of his education or welfare, he in the case of persons suffering from infectious or contagious disease, person of unsound mind, person addicted to drugs or alcohol, vagrants for those or purpose of those care or treatment or protection of community. F. For the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of any person to Nigeria or of affecting the expulsion, extradition or unlawful removal from Nigeria of any person or the taking of proceedings relating thereto provided that a person who is charged with an offense and who has been detained in law in lawful custody awaiting trial shall not continue to be kept in such detention for a period longer than the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for him.

Section 41 provides every citizen is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria to reside in any part therefore thereof and no citizens shall be expelled from Nigeria or refuse entry thereby or exit. Therefore, they are also entitled, they are also entitled to their right to freedom of religion as expressed under Section 38 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic Nigeria.

The right to personal liberty, movement, religion are complementary of each other; jealously guides these rights and they are basic rights which enact to them as being human beings. These rights are so fundamental. Kindly see my Lord Agagu JCA has initiated on this in Okafo versus Lagos State Government and another citation, the people of the Southeast cannot be ordered to sit at home by a person, especially for someone who is not a legally recognized official of the Federal Government or an official of any of the States.

The only person entitled to restrict movements of person within Nigeria is the President or the Federal Republic of Nigeria under emergency power under section 305 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, the President can order for a curfew, area where there is a crisis or natural disaster.

The defendant is not the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria thus lacks any power to so declare a sit at home in any part of the country. The defendant arrogated to himself power he lacks and with the threat of violence order the residents of the Southeastern State to stay at home or face the consequences of their disobedience.

This is an unconstitutional act which is subversive and amounts to nothing more than a terrorist act. It is also a notorious fact that the people of Southeast have been subjected to sit at home threats on Mondays for years now. PW4 who stated that he was stationed in the Southeast, especially in Imo State for some years gave evidence that Monday sit at home is a usual occurrence wherein the town are deserted, even the farmlands.

PW4 also gave evidence on the death of one Ahmed Gulak, a former aide to the former President Goodluck Jonathan. That the said Ahmed Gulak had been killed by IPOB men in portion to the order of defendant. Ahmed Gulak was trying to catch a flight out of Owerri on the 30th day of May 2021 when he ran into a checkpoint by IPOB and was shot dead. PW4 stated that he was one of those who got to the scene first.

It must be noted that 30th of May 2021 was a Sunday, not a Monday, but notwithstanding it leads to the death of a person trying to move around due to the directive of Defender as shown in exhibit. PWK is a medical report from the Nigerian Police Medical Services Owerri. The report is dated 18 July 2021 and it states to whom (it) consign, Medical report, late Ahmed Gulak, Hospital Number, the victim allegedly shot dead by Hoodlums Suspected to be IPOB, ESN members on 30th October 2021 at about 7 hours along Airport Road, Oweri.

Picture of lifeless man seen. Body of disease buried. Informations above medical reports duly signed by the medical practitioner clearly states the immediate cause of the death of Ahmed Gulak and links him to the defendant as leader of IPOB and ESN. The action of the defendant cannot be excused under any circumstances. The declaration of a sit at home without any constitutional power, especially the accompanied by the threat, is a terrorist act.

The defendant did not present any evidence to (challenge) report this case of the prosecution. Consequently, he admits the evidence as presented by the prosecution. The prosection has successfully proved can two beyond reasonable doubt. Consequently, the defendant is hereby convicted of count two with respect to count three. The defendant is charged with professing to be a member of and leader of Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, a proscribed organization in which thereby committing an offense contrary to and punishable under section 16 of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2013, session 16 of the Terrorism (Prevention Acts), and Prevention Amendment act provides, and I quote, any person who is a member or professes to be a member of terrorist groups commits an offense and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a time not less than 21 years.

The ingredients of the offense from the above provide provisions are 1. The defender must be a person. 2. the defender must be a member or professes to be a member of a terrorist group. 3. The terrorist group must have been proscribed as at the time the defendant professes membership was tied as earlier established. Second ingredients. Prosecution has led evidence showing that the defendant was not just a member but he was the leader of a terrorist organization known as Indigenous People of Biafra.

Indeed, in the broadcast of 16 May 2021 as contained in the ZBPWW, the defendant in the beginning of the clip stated this and I quote. My name is Nnamdi Kanu. I am the leader of indigenous people of Biafra and director of Radio Biafra, Biafra Television. I will remain a loyal servant of the people. He further stated around 51 minutes mark into the video. If God is on our side, which I know he is, the army of Nigeria will die in Biafra land. Everybody will die. I will be the one leading it. By God’s grace, everything called Nigeria will perish in Biafra land. The world must be prepared for what is to come. Unquote.

In several other broadcasts, the defendant admitted being the leader of indigenous people of Biafra. There is no fact before this court showing that defendant is not member and in fact leader of the said group. The defendant from the evidence before this court also possessed power to order the Coordinator of IPOB.

In a broadcast dated 11th May 2021 in Exhibit PWW, the defendant while commenting on the meeting of Southern Governor held in Asaba stated around 35 minutes to the exhibits while played and I quote concerning the lockdown announced yesterday. I urge all people of Biafra and all those in Biafra land to disobey the lockdown given by Zoological Republic of Nigeria. The reason is because they want to use the dead of the night to move their fighters into our forest. Because we have defeated their foot soldiers. We must resist this stupid lockdown and it will not hold in Biafra. I am calling on all the coordinator, Deputy Coordinator of ESN, ESN and IPOB not to sleep in their houses today, but to look for somewhere else to stay.

Because now we are in the trenches. Now you will know what is freedom fighting for. It is not comfortable. It is not. It is not rosy. Do not sleep at home. Do not sleep at home. Change your phone and even your phone itself. The defendant no doubt belong to the group and is a leader of the group with the influence of commanding the coordinators of the group, not only IPOB but even Eastern Security Network which is the armed wing of IPOB.

In the broadcast of 12th December 2020, the defendant made an announcement in inaugurating the military group known as Eastern Security Network which is the armed wing of the indigenous people of Biafra. He stated, and I quote, we have cowards, fine line idiots. As governors, they have given over our land to the Janjawee to occupy in perpetual perpetuity. This very generation, this very IPOB will not tolerate it. Not now, not tomorrow, not Forever. We will rather all perish and die than to allow our land to be taken over by the Janjawee.

This is a warning to all the governors who are conspiring due to one political consideration to give our land to infidel and blood sucking demos from this town. I cannot. It cannot happen. Not under our watch. We are being told that some of these invaders come from Senegal, Gambia, Mali, from Nigerien republicans and from Chad, according to Governor of Katsina state. Therefore, we are setting up the eastern security networks to combat the excesses of these vagabonds criminals from crossing, along the same line as Amotekun, the one set up by Miyetti Allah.

What we are launching before the war today is eastern security network, not a Biafra army. And we will let the world know when the army is too much. Too much. But for our present purposes, we are setting it up to defend our land Biafra against Marauders from the Sahel and the term incursion led by terrorists, Fulani to be precise.

In the coming days you shall see them in their uniform performing the critical issue of providing security for our land. The defendant who was feasibly agitated, continue in the broadcast by stating no Governor in the Southeast and South south have been able to form a security outfit. Therefore I must defend our land to the very last blood. We shall not stop. Not now, not tomorrow, not forever. Until our land is get rid of vultures of this Fulani terrorist.

In the third video broadcast there was a side video of the man of the Eastern security network dressed in black with red cap waving black flag with insignia of eastern security network. This is therefore no doubt the prosecution has established the second ingredients beyond reasonable doubt. With respect to the third ingredient, the evidence before this court shows that IPOB is a proscribed group. I take judicial notice of session under session 122 of the evidence act of the order made by my learned brother Nyako J in suit number FAC ABJ CS A71 2017 between Attorney General of the Federation versus Indigenous People of Biafra today dated, sorry, dated 20th September 2017, wherein the activities of indigenous people of Biafra were proscribed.

He sent order crystallized, which is the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette Number 99 in Volume 104 dated 20 September 2017, titled Terrorism Prevention Order, Number Terrorism Prevention Order of 2017, the Gazette writs and I quotes, nothing is hereby given that by the order of Federal High Courts in suit number FACABJ CS871 2017. Dated 20.9.2017. As per the schedule to this notice, the activities of indigenous people of Biafra are declared to be terrorist and illegal in any part of the country Nigeria, especially in the Southeast, South South Region of Nigeria as proscribed, portion to Session 2 of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 as amended. 2. Consequently, the General public is hereby warned that any person or group of persons participating in any manner whatever in any form of activities involving or concerning the prosecution of the collective intention or otherwise of the said group will be violating the provision of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 as amended and liable to prosecution.

The import of the above is that beginning from the commencement date of 20th September 2017, any person claiming to be a member of IPOB commits a terrorist act. The defendant by his broadcast of 11 May 2020, 12 December 2020, professed to be a member of proscribed group. Thus is the breach of session 161 of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013, consequently is hereby convicted of count three.

On count four and five, which are closely related, the defendant is charged with inciting members of the public in Nigeria to halt and kill Nigeria security personnel and their family members, thereby committing offense under section 1 sub 2H of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013. The session provides as follows: Any person of any person of body corporate who knowingly or outside Nigeria direct or indirectly willingly incite, promises or induces any other person by any means whatsoever to commit the act of terrorism or any of the offenses referred to in the acts, commits an offense under the act and is liable to conviction to maximum of death sentence.

The ingredients of the offense which the prosecution must establish beyond reasonable doubt are 1. The defendant must be person of body corporate. 2. The defendant must have directly or indirectly incites, promise or induced other person by any means whatsoever to commit the Consent Terrorism Act. 3. The defendant must have directly or indirectly incited, promised or induced other persons by any means whatsoever to commit the terrorist act willingly or knowingly. The defendant have been established to be a human being by the prosecution for the second ingredient. It is important to understand what incitement means and according to Supreme Court by Nikitobi DSE of blessed memory, the Nkasa and the State citations applied hold and I quote; an encouragement, here means, an art of making someone to feel brave or confident enough to do something by giving active approval in support of the crime. Incitement also have the element of encouragement by Incitement. The person is provoked by a strong passion or feeling to commit an offense.

The word set is a word of the word of quite a number of synonyms. The two words set on connotes the resemblance of casing to attack or chase. Like one may be say the future man, prepare the bait to set on the fish. It also adds the element of antagonism and instigation. The art of instigating means something happened by the actions or conduct of a person who is the starter. By the act of instigation, the co accused is prepared or gingered to commit an offense. Likewise, the online Oxford dictionary defines its incitements as follows: The action of provoking unlawful behavior, urging someone to behave unlawfully. The Cambridge dictionary also defines incitements as follows and I quote, the art of encouraging someone to do or to feel something unpleasant or violent.

Drawing from the above definitions, the incitements involve provoking or instigating people to do an unlawful act in their instant terrorist acts. The prosecution has led evidence showing that the defendant made broadcasts inciting public to take up arms against the security personnel in Nigeria to kill them and their family members. The broadcast of 21st day of October 2020 as contained in the PWW, the defendant said, and I quote, Radio Biafra is now in the hand of the enemy of our freedom. I don’t know how much they paid for it, but I know that Britain spent over 4.8 billion a few days ago to suppress what is happening.

That is what they have done. I told you a while back that Britain was now in charge of what is happening in the zoo. And you thought that I was joking. They have now come with their clampdown, but they are now going. They are not going to succeed. Radio Biafra belong to us. But why is it not playing out our program right now? The defendant also stated, I am telling you people to go to the bush. Whenever you see a military convoy, you attack them. Whenever you see a police convoy, attack them. They are human beings. And they also beat any person with a police uniform or any army. Any army uniform is an enemy of the people. Unquote. Around 57 minutes to this video Mark, the defender stated and I quote, they came to Tinubu. It is surprised that after British High Commissioner came to Tinubu, they opened fire on protesters in Lagos.

You should know, that, the woman is a devil. A big big devil. She too will go. We get a common pence. The defendant was referring to Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner at that time. The defendant also said from what will happen in Aba between today and tomorrow, we tell you how serious we are. Every police officer with uniform. Once you come out from your house with police uniform, you are dead man. Working callers were calling in from, from places like Aba, like toll gates and other parts of Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Jos, Abia State.

Even one Jacob called from Nasarawa state. And the defendant kept giving orders for these callers and other listeners to kill every police and soldiers. The defendant even told the people how to build an improvised bombs. He asked them to go to filling station to get fuel in a bottle and put a rag in it. Then they should set the rag at ablaze and throw it at soldiers. In responding to a caller call from Abuja in that same broadcast of 20th October 2021, the defendant, while inciting his listener to attack the relative of security personnel, stated, and I quote, that every commander they have given his name feeds. Find his children. I want to get him in trouble. When they take me to court and ask why I said such thing, I will tell them why. Find the commander. His name is Ifu Umata. Find his children. Find his children.

The commander of those on the ground find their children very, very important. Find their children. Unquote. This defendant went further that and I quote, start attacking the police. Take their guns, use them against them. Manufacture molotov cocktail, manufacture bombs to bomb them, unquote. The defendant asked about 2 hours, 44 minutes, 35 second mark, while concurring with a caller who informed him of the intention of him, other IPOB members to burn down the Ezima police station. Stated not only one, I want every police station in Aba to be destroyed, completely destroyed, and burn them down. It is an order. Destroying them completely. Anybody who see them with police uniform, kill the person. Nigeria wants anarchy. We will give them.

And in another broadcast, the defendant, while responding to a caller stated this. You people must devise strategy to outfit the army. There are some guns in those states right now as we speak. Use those guns to kill one or two of their army officers. Take their guns and begin to kill other people as well. Begin. Because they cannot sustain this protest for three years, three weeks. There are guns in Edo states already. Kill the army whenever you see them. Take their guns and kill them. The incitement of the defendant for the public to kill security personnel is quite clear from its big blockers.

Not only incitement to kill security officers. The defendant even went as far as inciting the Public to destroy all properties of federal government. During the Endsars protest of 20th October 2020, the defendant in another live dated 20th October 2020, the defendant while responding to calls from his foot soldier during the protest stated and I quote, if you leave the Janjawee and their agents the way they operate, if you leave them believe you will, you believe me, you will suffer.

That very hotel must be brought down. I did not say set ablaze. It must be demolished as an example to the rest. If you have not (dealt) with Tinubu in Lagos, the other will not learn their lesson. Tinubu is an evil man. The hotel refers here to his Oriental hotel in Lagos which the defendant alleged belonged to Tinubu.

While responding to a caller, the defendant urged his callers to ambush  forces during the protest and cut them off. He said, and I quote, go to the bush. You need to cut them off from the back, ambush them, take their guns from them and kill them. They are animals and not human beings. They may be wearing uniforms like police or soldier, but they are animals. Disarm them and kill them. If you allow them to escape, your life is over. And I want Lagos airports to be on flame, breached the perimeter fence and burned down the Lagos airport. If you have double barrel or pistol, go to the airport and burn it down. Said Muritala Mohammed Airport on fire. Set it ablaze. Right now you are dealing with animals. Fulani Janjawee. They do not reason unquote.

It is important to state that the said hotels and Murtala Muhammed Airport and other property in Lagos. They are not in the north. They are not in the north where it seemed to hate with passion. Even his own fellow Igbos people have property in Lagos. With destroying the property is said to be agitation for self determinations. The threats and destruction which follow were corroborated in Exhibit PWD 2 which is a pictorial picture of the assessment of damage done to the Nigerian police alone in the state of Southern states.

So many of these police stations and even police officers were killed as a result of the incitement by the defendant. Also exhibit PWD2A which is a compilation of death reports and certificate of death of security officers. In the report, the number of police officers who were killed was given as 128, military officers were 37, other security officers as 10, number of police stations attacked were 164, InEC facilities destroyed, were nine in number.

This clearly shows the extent of damage caused by the defendant. Through his inciting statements, another caller called in, into the program informing the defendant that he was at Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and that they are killing them. The defendant, annoyed by this information stated for and I quote, how many police or army did you kill? I don’t want to hear that they are killing you. How many did you kill? The caller then responded that they have bombed the Orile police station and Ilasa police station. The defendant then told the caller not to wave the green white green flag of Nigeria but a bloodstained flag with the color green white.

He further responded to another caller by saying what I want them to do is to set ablaze building along Marina on fire. Every federal government property in Lagos should be burnt. That is what is going to be signal to the world that people have had enough. I want every federal government building in Lagos will be on fire. Every federal government vehicle or anything belonging to federal government Burn it. Go to the Murtala Muhammed Airport. Burn it. How many soldiers do they have? Manufacture your own weapons and ambush them.

The result of this incitement is the killing of several military officers, police officers, DSS officers. The incitements also led to the destruction of several police stations in Lagos across the southern states of Nigeria. According to PW5, he led a team of officers to investigate the destruction and killing of the security personnel that occurred during the Endsars protest of 20 October 2020. As contained in NDBPWD2 and PWD2K. The results were quite alarming.

The court is mindful not to attribute all the happening during the Endsars protest on the defendant. However, there is no doubt that the incitement by the defendant contributed largely to the killing of security operatives as well as destruction of public properties. The defendant incited people to destroy properties such as the Ilasa police station, other police stations and properties of this government. The evidence before this court shows that the said properties were actually destroyed such as Ilasa police station, the High Court of Lagos in Igbosere as well as PRT buses belonging to Lagos State Government in Oyingbo.

PW2 also testified that military couples were killed by those incited by the defendant in Orlu in Imo State. In addition, PW Force stated that his driver and one of his tactical officers were killed as a result of the incitements. The action of the defendant were clear as it was aimed to cause anarchy by killing security operatives in Nigeria which would in turn lead to breakdown of law and order. The defendant’s act and of an evil intention to havoc, create wreck. Sorry, to create, to wreck havoc on the people and government of Nigeria. Are all these actions consistent with agitation for self determinations? The actions to this, Sorry, the answer to this, is in negative.

His violent outbursts as well as his instigations of the public to attack and kill security officers in Southern Nigeria without provocation was done, barbaric and without any conscience whatsoever. The defendant did not feel any concern for the family of the officers who were strained. He turned himself to a tyrant who could take life anytime he pleased. Such persons cannot be allowed to remain in society of sane minds. His shocking instigations to kill other human being was incomprehensible and these court hereby condemn it. But I must say that evidence extracted in this judgment is minute and very small to the avalanche of evidence and broadcast before these courts by the defendant.

The defendant made extremely threatening statements incited people to violence. The prosecution unsuccessfully discharged his body of prove in counts 4 and 5 beyond reasonable doubt. Consequently, the defendant is hereby convicted of the set count four, five.

Now count six. For count six, the defendant charged with the offense of making a broadcast received and heard in Nigeria within the juris of this court in furtherance of an art of terrorism against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria in which he directed members of the indigenous peoples of Biafra, a proscribed organization to manufacture bombs, thereby committing an offense punishable under section 1, 2F of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013. Section 1, 2F of the Terrorism prevention Act 2013 provides a person or body corporate who knowfully, knowingly in or outside Nigeria, directly or indirectly willingly assists, felicitates, organizes or directs the activities of person, organization engaged in any act of terrorism. The ingredients of the offense expected to be established are 1. The defendant must be a person or body corporate. 2. The defendant must have assisted, facilitated, organized or directed the activities of person or organization engaged in terrorist activities. 3. The defender must have willingfully or willingly assisted, facilitated, organized or directed the activities of persons, organization engaging terrorist acts.

The defendants herein have been established to be a human being. As to the second and third ingredient, the defendant, the prosecution has led evidence to show that defendant has directed membership of the terrorist organization to build bombs, other explosives in order to attack security operatives, indeed in full dance of its terrorist actions and following the incitement of person to kill defendant security operative, the defendant also directed his members to build explosive devices, particularly Molotov cocktail, about 1/30 minutes, 36 seconds of the broadcast of 20 October 2020 as contained in Exhibit PWW, the defendant while, responding to a caller about Endsars protest stated, and I quote, now this night, I want graduates to go to work, Graduates of chemical engineering, those who were born as engineers.

Manufacture any ordinance you can because they are coming to kill you anyway regardless of what you do. Go and manufacture any ordinance. I am calling on the youth in the middle belt and I want any bridge that they can use to reinforce to be destroyed. They are going to come from the middle belt this night. We have engineers everywhere, people who are intelligent. Go back now and give us your own version of Molotov cocktail. We must destroy them before they destroy us. Every youth tonight. Tonight, anybody with a police uniform anywhere, especially in Aba, in Lagos. Once you have police uniform or any or any army uniform, that person is your enemy. Attack them because if you don’t, they will kill you. If you are a graduate of physics or chemistry, no sleep for you tonight. Go and manufacture something to destroy the police and every army, police position; starting from this night.

During the said broadcast, while responding to a caller named Jacob from Nasarawa state, the defendant even told the people how to build an improvised bomb. He asked them to go to filling station to get fuel in a bottle, put a rag in it that then they should set the rag ablaze and throw it at a soldier.

A molotov cocktail, according to Wikipedia.com that I assess at 1am on 20th November 2025, a hand drawn incendiary weapon consisting of a fragile container filled with flammable substances equipped with a fuse in use. The fuse attached to the container is lit and the weapon is thrown scattering on impact. The online Britannica dictionary defined Molotov’s cocktail as a crude bomb typically consisting of bottle filled with inflammable liquids and a wick that is ignited before throwing.

Applying the above definition, the directive of the defendant to members of the group to build improvised bombs such as Molotov’s Cocktail is indeed a terrorist act. A Molotov cocktail is capable of causing explosions damaged like any other bombs which aim is to cause destruction. This directive, like all that directive, is the manifestation of anarchy minded of the, sorry, of the anarchy minded of the defendant which he set out to express through his Biafra radio, which he claimed to be the founder and director. The defendant through the radio Biafra platform carried out so many terrorist attacks which led to the destruction of lives and property in Nigeria.

The defendant is not only confirmed to local terrorists, but I hold without hesitation that he is an international terrorist flowing from his threat to attack British High Commission and American Embassy as well as his incitement against the British High Commissioner to Nigeria at the time, Catriona Laing, a known woman of peace.

In a broadcast of 21st October 2020, the defender stated thus, and I quote, Radio Biafra is now in the hand of the enemy of our freedom. I don’t know how much they paid for it, but I know that Britain spent about 4.8 billion a few days ago to suppress what is happening. That is what they have done. I told you a while back that Britain was now in charge of what is happening in the zoo. And you thought that it was joke. They have now come with their clampdown, but they are not going to succeed. Radio Biafra belong to us. But why is it not playing our program right now?

The defendant also stated, I am telling you people to go to the bush. Wherever you see a military convoy, you attack them. Whenever you see a police convoy, attack them. They are human beings and they are. They also bleed. Any person with a police uniform or any army uniform is your enemy. Around 57 minutes mark into that the defendant directed his threat at Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner. He stated and I quote, they came to Tinubu. It is a surprise that after the British Commissioner came to Tinubu, they opened fire on protesters in Lagos. You should not be shocked, the woman is dead. Is demure. A big pig. Demon. Demon.

1 hour 8 minutes 335 second mark, The defendant also stated, and I quote this the same thing that Britain did to Ria in what they are doing to us now. Media blackout. Do you want the world to report this issue? Take over the British High Commission. That is all. Take over the consulate in Lagos. Take over the one in Abuja. Every newspaper in the world will report it in the morning. If you march on the British High Commissioner Commission, in morning front pages in the world, will carry it. And the world will ask why is British British Commission in Abuja and Lagos under occupation by Nigerian youth? Then it is over. I’m giving you a master strategy of how (things) should be done in a formation of three lines. There is something I want you to do. I’m announcing it on air so you understand.

People should go to every weather shop. You know those who build bullets proof door. I don’t care how much it costs, we will pay. Everybody who is a weather who builds bulletproof, people should take those doors and put nails in front of them and stand in front of protesters so that bullets cannot go through. Push the door, get the weapons and deal with them. When you are marching to the British High Commissioner Commission tomorrow, form three lines.

They will have the army surrounding them. They will send a cable to London that British High Commission in Lagos is under attack. They will be forced to release it. Then the whole world will know that a revolution is going on. Without that, you cannot succeed. Unquote. Even recently in this courtroom, on the 7th day of November 2025, when the matter came up before this court, the court wondered the kind of malice and hatred which the defendant had for Britain. I will produce same part of the proceedings of that day here too. Defendant, he says there are issues at play which my lord has not able to overcome. Which even the prosecution has not even attempted to overcome. My lord, are you asking me to go into the doors to defend myself on a non existent law? If you can state that for the record, my lord, I will be most grateful that you are going to try me or ask me to enter my defense where no law exists.

Because if that is the position, my lord, that means that the outcome of my trial is predetermined. A man of my. My stats, my station and caliber cannot be tried without any valid law. It is impossible, my lord. I will tell you why. This was the case. This very case is bigger than this court. The cause of the case of mine started in 1957 when some brave men and women in this very country dared to ask the British to live.

The funniest thing is that all of them, that very effort, they all went to jail and were killed. Court, I’m learning this now. Then ask the British to leave defendant. Yes. In 1957, Dr. Anthony Enahoro moved a motion at the house in Lagos asking the white men to go and leave us alone. From that day, trouble started even before then the like of Harbert Macaulay was jailed . Honorable, honorable men that fought for the indignity of the black race. Because they want me convicted. They told me so.

Absolutely, my Lord. Absolutely. 100% they told me. They said. I will come to court to see to hear your case. When prosecutions open their case. When you start your cross examination. When you refuse your no case submission. I am telling you what happened a year and half ago. When you file your no case submission and is rejected, you will not go into trial. You will be there during the verdict. You will be there during convictions. The court now responded. Let me just clarify this.

It is also on record you said that the British said that one year and half ago that I was not the one presiding here. I want to say this that I know my brother too. That was a certain it will not get into that level of having anything to do anything because the way you are putting it, I want to say this. I do not have any relationship with the British. I have come here to do justice. I reiterate, can you commence your defense so that if you commence today, I can extend time for you because your time has ended today for the US Embassy it will have been attacked if not for the closure as a result of the protest, the Defendant at about 2:22 2 hours 24 minutes 50 seconds Mark of the video of 21st day of October 2020 broadcast in LGBT WW stated, American Embassy is shut down. Why won’t they shut down? People are protesting. This statement regarding the Embassy of United States of America is quite loaded. The statement could mean several things, none which are palatable or peaceful. What exactly does the defendant mean by the American Embassy is shut down? Was he trying to attack the embassy if it has not shut down as a result of protest or incite order to do same as he did in British Embassy?

The inference to be drawn from the statement is that the defendant meant to do harm to the Embassy of United States by attacking or invading the embassy. Under international law, the premises of an embassy or High Commission of a foreign nation is deemed invaluable. That means that even though the land belongs to host country, it cannot invade such premises. See Article 22 of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relationship. Article 22 of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961. It provides the premises of missions shall be invaluable. The agent of the receiving State may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the o mission. 2. The receiving state is under special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the Mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the Mission or impairment of its dignity.

3. The premises of the Mission, their furnishings and other properties they are in and the means of transport or the Mission shall be immune from searched acquisitions, attachment or execution. From the above it can be said that defendant incited for people to invade British High Commission and his threat against British High Commissioner Catriona and American Embassy is an act of international terrorism.

This is the purpose of Session 3 of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act 2013 which provides, and I quote, any person who intentionally murder, kidnap, commits other attacks on persons or liberty of an international protected persons. B. Carries out violent attack on official premises, private accommodation or means of transport of an international protected person in a manner likely to endanger his person or liberty.

C. Threatening to commit any such attack, commit an offence and is liable on conviction to life imprisonment. The High Commissioner is an international protected person being the representative of the British Government in Nigeria as well as other staff of High Commission and Embassy of United States of America, leaving the defendant to continue his terrorist activity who have led to an international incident involving Nigeria and other foreign nations who are good partners with Nigeria.

The question to ask again is whether bombing or attacking embassies of High Commissions constitutes an act consistent with agitation for self determination. Again the answer is no. All these acts goes to show that the criminal tendency of the defendant as well as show concrete proof of his terrorist acts. Therefore, I hold without hesitation that the prosecution as successfully established count six against the defendant. Consequently, he is hereby convicted of count six of the charged with respect to concern of the charge.

The defendant is charged with importing into Nigeria and keeping in Ozubulu in Ihiala Local Government of Anambra State within jurisdiction of this honorable court a radio transmitter known as Tram 5 Tram 50. Concealed in a container of used household items which he declared as used household items, thereby committing an offense contrary to Section 47 2A of Custom and Excise Management at Cap C45 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The dispute as to which law provides for the offense in Count 7 has been conclusively decided by the Supreme Court in case of Federal Republic of Nigeria versus Kano Chopra where my Lord M.L. Gaba J.S.E. while reading the lead judgment held and I quote, a calm reading of the details of the fact stated as constituting the offense mentioned or named therein would clearly and undoubtedly review that it deals with the offense punishable under the provision of Section 47 2 of the Custom Excise and Management Act Cap C 45 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 which provides as follows 47 2.; If a person imports or causes to be imported any goods conceived in a container holding goods of different descriptions, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for five years without the option of fine. It follows in the above circumstances that the mention of the Criminal Court act has been Chapter C 45 or Chapter C45 in Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 is a mere mistake in place of correct law.

The Customs and Excise Management Acts under which the facts alleged to constitute an offense in count 15 is punished and punishable. The offense in count 15 is consequently recognized, recognizable and grounded in an extant existing law in Nigeria in which it was defined and described unquote. Thus, the court will follow the decision of the Supreme Court and decide count seven based on section 47 of the Custom and Excise Management Act. The ingredients of the offense are the defendant must have imported or caused to be imported goods concealed in a container.

2. The imported, the imported concealed goods must have been of a different descriptions. The evidence led by the prosecution through PW4 is that the defendant imported into Nigeria a radio transmitter known as tram 550L concealed in container which contained used household items which he described as such. PW4 stated that indeed the Department of State Service had tracked the transformer transmitter of Radio Biafra to a compound in Ubulisuzor in Ihiala Local government of Anambra State belonging to one Benjamin Madugulu. The officer secured a search warrant Exhibit PWT and proceeded to the compound where they recovered the container.

Parallel to going to the scene, PW4 testified that he watched a video of the defendant inspecting the container and the transmitter with Benjamin Madugulu. The court visited where the container was kept in the custody of the DSS and same was admitted in evidence in the presence of defendant as Exhibit and it did not object to same. The container itself contains several household items which appear to be covered for the transmitter concealed in it. The projection has led evidence to show that the transmitter was smuggled into the country without same being declared to custom.

The surrounding facts also show that the purpose for which the defendant intend to use the transmitter was to broadcast program on Radio Biafra and this make it concealed the transmitter. There is also no evidence that Radio Biafra is registered with Nigeria Broadcasting Commission as stated by PW4. Thus it is safe to conclude that the concealment of transmitter is in fundraise of the legal operation of Radio Biafra by the defendant. The defendant as a consequence of resting his case on the prosecution did not call any witness to report the evidence of the prosecution, neither did he lead any evidence to counter the evidence of the prosecution execution.

There is no evidence before this court stating the transmitter was locally imported into Nigeria. The defendant had the duty to present evidence and fight to report the allegation made against him, but he failed and deliberately failed, refused to do same. The court is therefore bound to believe the evidence of the prosecution.

Consequently, the courts hereby convict the defendant of Count 7 of the charge. I must say here that defendant has always claimed to be a freedom fighter. He is only seeking justice for his people. Indeed, this is known in law as the right to self determinations. The right to self determination is a political right recognized in several international instruments. Article 1 of the International Convention of Civil and Political Rights 1966 provides and I quote, all people have the right of self determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural developments.

The right to self determination also entails the right of a group of people to form their political entity or their own government. Article 20 of the African Charter on Women and People’s Rights also provides and I quote, all people shall have the right to assistance. They shall have the unquestionable and inelienable rights to self determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen.

2. Colonized or oppressed people shall have the right to free themselves from the bond of domination by resorting to any means recognized by the international community. 3. All people shall have the right to the assistance of the state parties to the present Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political, economy or cultural. Nigeria has dominated the African Charter which is known as the African Charter on Women and People’s Rights. Ratification and enforcement rights, which means the provision of the Charter are enforceable in Nigeria provided they do not conflict with the clear provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

Session 21 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended makes it clear that Nigeria is an indivisible State which means there is no room for divisions. The said session provides and I quote, Nigeria is one indivisible, indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name Federal Republic of Nigeria. This means that any agitating, anyone agitating for a breakup of the Federation of Nigeria is going against the Constitution.

However, any person agitating for self determination can do so through the national assembly seeking for amendments of the Constitution regarding the indivisibility of Nigeria and to reflect the recognition, condition of the agitating states. It is after this that the procedure can be said to be completed, but not excluding referendum. Any self determination not done in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the country will be illegal. The defendant is not only agitating for secession of the State of the Southeast, South, south, south and some middle belt States, he’s doing so using terrorism as a weapon.

Terrorism has become a muster in the world today and several groups have continued to use this weapon to form separate governments in Nigeria. Groups like Boko Haram, Lakurawa, IPOB have in recent years troubled Nigeria with terrorist activities. This terror group by their activities has denied innocent people the enjoyment of their fundamental rights. The action of the defendant and his terrorist organization have led to the bloodshed of innocent citizens as well as security personnel who were going about their legitimate duty.

His incitement through the broadcast on Radio Biafra as well as the social media platform of the group has led to the destruction of lives and property as well as affect the daily life of his people of South East. The defendant did not only threaten the government of Nigeria but his own people. This is seen in a broadcast while addressing the death of one of the commander of IPOB named Ikonso.

The defendant on 25th day of April 2021 made a broadcast where he stated and I quote, Ikonso was not killed on the battlefield but was killed in his village in the middle of night. Not on battlefield because of the battlefield, no army or police can defeat him. Ever since Eastern Security Network was launched I have not seen anybody tell me that their life have not improved since it was launched.

Around 21 minutes marked, the defendant stated; Vengeance is a master of appetite, forever blood tasty never failed. Ikonso is in heaven he is going to be revenged and by God he will be revenged. All those who had hands in Ikonso dead are all dead people working, all of them.

He also stated that Ikonso will be mourned in a special way just like how the Oba of Benin is buried with human heads.  That he said Ikonso is more than Oba. Thank you. There is no doubt that this is contained in the broadcast. The defendant statement was corroborated by PW4 who stated that upon the arrest of one of the IPOB commander named as Onye-army, he informed them that they were only to get 30 heads of humans out of 2000 head as ordered by the defendant.

This court is aware that the said Onye-army was not called as a witness in this case and this may affect the probative value of his evidence. However the evidence being used as corroboration to the statement made by the defendant himself, refer to supporting or additional piece of Evidence that supports another evidence. See Ogumbayo and the State citation, where the Supreme Court held and I quotes; corroboration having been not to be a technical terms of all means, no more than evidence tending to confirm, support and strengthen other evidence sought to be corroborated. This evidence is to be to corroborate the evidence the statement of the defendant. I must say here that the prosecution witnesses were consistent and calm in the giving of the evidence. Their calm demeanor despite provocative questions under cross examination justified them to be witness of truth.

I carefully observe them and the only conclusion to reach is that they are witness of truth and these courts readily believe them. The defendant on the other side from his attitude in court was truly very cocky, arrogant. He even stated that no court can convict him. This is a direct affront on the power of the courts which this court will not take for granted, but will do justice. It is interesting to note that the defendant who claim to be a freedom fighter has even caused more harm to his own people who are predominantly Christian faiths. Can this be said to be agitation for self determination? Not at all. Agitation for self determination cannot be to the detriment or to be detrimental to people who are supposed to be beneficiary of that said self determination.

The usual sit at home or the primary affects his own people of the Southeast. The killing of people who disobey the order are his own people. Holding of closure of churches and schools as well as markets also affect his own people. They are unable to trade, go to school, farm, even worship on such days the threat of violence and death have prevented these people from going about their legitimate businesses.

Are these acts of defendant consistent with the agitation for self determination? The answer is in the negative. Once again, the defendant was not elected by anybody. Also cannot dictate for the people of Southeast especially through intimidation and threats of violence. He is a terrorist. He must be treated as such. In final analysis, the prosecution has successfully established the seven count charge against the defendant beyond reasonable doubts. Consequently, he is convicted on all the seven counts. The next just 30 minutes, I go to the chambers. Anybody is free to come and get a certified true copy of the judgments”.