UPDATE 1-Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu on terrorism charges

A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism-related charges, according to a ruling by Judge James Omotosho. Omotosho said prosecutors proved that Kanu's broadcasts and orders to his now banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, incited deadly attacks on security forces and citizens in the southeast as part of his push for an independent Biafra state for the ethnic Igbo-dominated region.

An attempt by the region to secede as the Republic of Biafra in 1967 triggered a three-year civil war that killed more than 1 million people.

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