The Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) has reacted to a court order proscribing the group as a terrorist organization.
The IPOB said the order was
obtained from, "biased APC lackey, the Federal High Court Chief Justice
Kafarati in Abuja".
A statement signed by the group
media and publicity secretary Emma Powerful on Thursday, September 21, said the
court order is obnoxious and has placed the country's judicial reputation on
the line.
Powerful said is clear that the
judge who signed the order - Judge Abdul Kafarati - has only shown he is more
concerned about the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by President Muhammadu
Buhari than he is with dispensing justice without fear or favour.
Inquiring the evidence on which
the court signed such order said: "The world can now clearly see there is
something fundamentally wrong with the Nigerian psyche and it's propensity to
reward evil and punish good. Nigeria will go down in history as the only
country on earth to proscribe a peaceful organisation whilst blood thirsty
violent marauders are given financial inducements to stop killing their
innocent victims."
Powerful also noted that Justice
Kafarati's order came after another judge of the Federal High Court, Binta
Nyako ruled that IPOB is not an illegal organisation.
Powerful said: "It's also very appalling
and an affront to common sense that the judiciary in Nigeria always allow
itself to be manipulated and messed about by whichever government is in power
but more so in this dictatorial APC regime as demonstrated through this
injudicious order granted by Justice Kafarati proscribing IPOB."
It has inadvertently made itself a laughing
stock in the judicial world. No wonder more civilized parts of humanity
sometimes see we Africans as being incapable of mental development beyond self
preserving primitive alliances.
Legal practitioners all over the
world would be wondering what caliber of people make it to the bench in Nigeria
if a judge can order the banning of an association that has no history of
violence whatsoever.
Any judge or court of law worth
its salt would have in the very least, demanded for proof of evidence of
terrorists acts by IPOB, before doing the bidding of the government. In this
case, as with most cases against IPOB, the only evidence provided by the very
lying Lai Mohammed and the Attorney General of the Federation, is a video clip
of brave IPOB men standing defiantly in front of an armored tank that killed 3
of their own in an unprovoked attack by the Nigerian Army at the home of their
leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku.
Nigerians should wonder how the
civilized world view them and their government officials today, including the
judiciary, which have proven themselves to be the most corrupt and morally
bankrupt nation on earth," Powerful said.
Powerful added that declaring
IPOB a terrorist organisation is like saying that everyone from the south east
region even before the British colonization are terrorists.
Stating that IPOB is a nonviolent group,
Powerful said the group has never killed anyone or bombed anywhere.
He said: "Our rallies are the most
peaceful with no recorded incident or fracas or lawlessness; we have not killed
anyone, yet Hausa Fulani Islamic dominated Nigeria, along with their judiciary
and sponsored media attack dogs tagged us a terrorist group. We are not
terrorists and can never be because our struggle for Biafra self determination
is our undeniable right under United Nations and African Charter which Nigeria
is a signatory to."
A Federal High Court presided
over by Justice Binta Nyako on 6th March 2017 declared IPOB under the
leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu a lawful organisation. The judge went further to
say that the fact IPOB is not registered in Nigeria does not make it illegal.
Since nothing has changed from the date of that judicial pronouncement till
today, on what facts of law did Justice Kafarati base his ruling that IPOB
should be proscribed.
IPOB is recognized and operating
lawfully in over 100 countries and territories around the world. Our conduct in
each of these countries has remained impeccable and exemplary.
IPOB have not indulged in any
criminal activity since its inception or killed anybody irrespective of the
attacks, killings and humiliation our members receive regularly from the
Nigerian government and her security operatives," he said.
He further urged all Biafra
agitators remain resolute in their quest for the freedom of Biafra.
Powerful said: "This APC
government is in turmoil, running from pillar to post in an effort to limit the
damage they have inflicted on themselves, hence the lies and paid media attacks
against IPOB from faceless groups and nonexistent individuals. They have seen
the hand writing on the wall and can testify that crushing IPOB is not possible
in this life.
Despite billions of dollars of
crude oil money from Biafraland, total control of the instruments of coercion,
media and propaganda machinery at their disposal, IPOB remains stronger than
ever before. Nigerian Government are the ones looking for an escape route out
the mess they plunged themselves into.
A government that failed woefully
in over two years to prove it's case against IPOB in their own courts, what
makes them feel they can defeat IPOB in the court of global public opinion.
Biafrans must remain strong because our freedom is inevitable," Powerful
concluded.
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IPOB that is not the end of the road. Go to another court to challenge their claims and victory will be your portion IJN.
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