Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has disclosed that the bone of contention in his client’s case is not treason or terrorism but agitation for Biafra. He wrote, “From day one, the bone of contention wasn’t terrorism or treason, but agitation for a separate state. He was arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate Court in November 2015, followed by trial at the Abuja Federal High Court. On June 26, 2021, the IPOB leader was arrested in Kenya and subjected to extraordinary rendition back to Nigeria, where he was initially detained by the DSS and subsequently rearraigned before the Abuja Federal High Court. After a prolonged legal battle over his agitation for the actualisation of Biafra, on November 20, 2025, the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal High Court.