IPOB: Court Fixes Date to Rule on Proscription

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 17, 2018, to
decide if it will set aside the order of proscription against
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group.

IPOB had earlier asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to
reverse its orders proscribing it and labelling it as a terrorist
group.

In September 2017, IPOB made the request in a motion filed by
its lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, before the Acting Chief Judge of
the Federal High Court, Justice Abdu Kafarati.

The group made this application barely 48 hours after Justice
Kafarati had granted an ex-parte application by the
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami, for the proscription of the group and its
categorisation as a terrorist group.

IPOB had insisted that it is a non-violent movement, based its
motion on 13 grounds one of which was that the court did not have
the jurisdiction to proscribe the group as it is “an entity unknown
to law”.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 17, 2018, to
decide if it will set aside the order of proscription against
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group.

IPOB had earlier asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to
reverse its orders proscribing it and labelling it as a terrorist
group.

In September 2017, IPOB made the request in a motion filed by
its lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, before the Acting Chief Judge of
the Federal High Court, Justice Abdu Kafarati.

The group made this application barely 48 hours after Justice
Kafarati had granted an ex-parte application by the
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami, for the proscription of the group and its
categorisation as a terrorist group.

IPOB had insisted that it is a non-violent movement, based its
motion on 13 grounds one of which was that the court did not have
the jurisdiction to proscribe the group as it is “an entity unknown
to law”.