The proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organization has again been affirmed by the court of appeal,Abuja.
In a unanimous decision by a three-man panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, the appellate court affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which outlawed the IPOB.
The court held that the FG acted lawfully by proscribing the organization whose activities threatened the nation’s security and continued existence.
It therefore dismissed the appeal for want of merit.
The late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Abdu-Kafarati, had in his ruling delivered on September 15, 2017, outlawed the activities of the IPOB in Nigeria following an ex-parte application by the former Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
