The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that the trial was riddled with fundamental legal errors and amounted to a miscarriage of justice.
In the notice of appeal dated February 4, 2026, Kanu said he was appealing against his conviction and sentences on seven counts, including terrorism-related offences, for which he received five life sentences and additional prison terms, after being found guilty on November 20, 2025.
Recall that Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered this judgement on the said date November 20, 2025, sentencing Kanu to five life sentences for terrorism-related offences, 20 years imprisonment for being leader of the proscribed IPOB, and five years imprisonment with no option of fine for importing a radio transmitter without licence.
However In his grounds of appeal, the IPOB leader accused the trial court of failing to resolve what he described as a foundational disruption of the original trial process following the 2017 military operation at his Afara-Ukwu residence.
