Burkinabe prosecutors sought a 30-year prison sentence for Compaoré over Sankara s murder but the Ouagadougou military court sentenced him to life on Wednesday.
Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara and 12 of his colleagues were gunned down by a hit squad on October 15, 1987, at a meeting of the ruling National Revolutionary Council.
Military Prosecutors in Burkina Faso on Tuesday requested a 30-year prison term for former President Blaise Compaoré, for the 1987 murder of his predecessor, revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.