Appeal Court Affirms Proscription Of IPoB

THE Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the January 18, 2018 order by Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and designating it a terrorist organisation.

This was the unanimous judgment of a three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court, delivered on Thursday.

The panel held that the Federal Government acted lawfully in proscribing the group, whose activities threatened the nation’s continued existence and the security of citizens.

In the lead judgment, Justice Hamma Barka resolved all the issues raised for determination against the appellant (IPoB) and declared the appeal unmeritorious and dismissed it.