Appeal Court Affirms IPOB As Terrorist Group 

Appeal Court Affirms IPOB As Terrorist Group 

A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organization.

It was gathered that a three-member panel of the appellate court in a unanimous decision on Thursday upheld the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which proscribed IPOB.

Delivering the lead judgement on behalf of the panel, Justice Hamma Barka dismissed an appeal filed by the group, challenging its proscription.

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In the appeal marked FHC/CA/A/214/2018, IPOB, through its lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, prayed the appellate court to set aside in its entirety the decision of the late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Abdu-Kafarati, who on September 15, 2017, outlawed the group’s activities in Nigeria.

Justice Abdu-Kafarati proscribed IPOB following an ex parte motion filed and moved by the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on behalf of the Federal government.

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Justice Abdu-Kafarati specifically declared illegal all activities of the group, particularly in the Southeast and South-South regions of the country.

He further restrained that: “Any person or group of persons from participating in any of the group’s activities.”

The judge directed the AGF to ensure that he published the order proscribing IPOB in the official gazette, as well as in two national dailies.

In a follow-up ruling on January 22, 2018, the court dismissed a motion by the IPOB asking for an order reversing its proscription and designation as a terrorist group.

IPOB had alleged that the AGF suppressed and misrepresented facts in the affidavit evidence he tendered before the court, adding that the proscription order was tantamount to declaring over 30 million Nigerians of Igbo extraction as terrorists.

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