Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A court in Nigeria convicted Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on charges of terrorism about 10 years after he was first arrested.
Kanu, leader Indigenous People of Biafra group, initially was remanded into state custody October 2015 and faced several charges.
Kanu, 58, holds dual British-Nigerian citizenship. The judge alleged Kanu weaponized his status to stir violent attacks on civilians and security personnel in the southeast Nigerian state, while security in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, was tightened due to fear of protests by Kanu's Biafran syndicate.
"His intention was quite clear as he believed in violence. These threats of violence were nothing but terrorist acts," according to Judge James Omotosho.
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