Appeal court upholds IPOB’s proscription

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, upheld the proscription declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra, naming it a terrorist organisation.

Recall that on January 18, 2018, the late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, had proscribed IPOB.

Aggrieved by this declaration, IPOB appealed the declaration.

IPOB, in the appeal marked CA/A/214/2018, challenged its proscription as a terrorist organisation by the Federal Government.

It prayed to the Court of Appeal to nullify, in its entirety, the ruling of the trial court, which, on September 15, 2017, outlawed its activities in Nigeria.

The trial court proscribed IPOB following an ex-parte motion filed by the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on behalf of the Federal Government.

Justice Abdu-Kafarati, in a ruling, declared all IPOB…