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Kanu challenges FG declaration of IPOB as terrorist organisation
Nnmdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, has challenged the court order proscribing his group and declaring it a terrorist group.
His lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor said the motion challenging Wednesday’s court order was filed on Friday.
In the motion dated September 21, Ejiofor argued that IPOB is a non-violent organisation; so the decision of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to issue an order, based on a motion made ex-parte, was illegal.
The lawyer added that Kanu was not allowed fair hearing and that the court lacked the jurisdiction to grant such an order.
The Nigerian government on Wednesday obtained an order of court, affirming the declaration of IPOB as a terror group.
The group, which seeks an independent country of Biafra, has been accused of killing and intimidating civilians and security operatives.
Its leader Kanu has gone under for two weeks now.
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