A Federal High Court sitting in
Abuja has on Thursday dismissed the application by the Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB to reverse the court’s order proscribing it and designating it as
a terrorist group.
The Acting Chief Justice, Abdu
Kafarati, while delivering his ruling on the application, resolved all the
three formulated issues against the group, and held that September 20, 2017
proscription order was validly issued.
He dismissed the contention of
IPOB’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who submitted that IPOB that is only registered
in other countries, could not be sued in Nigeria.
The judge noted that an
organisation registered abroad could be likened to a foreigner who could be
arrested in another country where he was found to have committed a crime.
The judge also held that the
issuance of the proscription order by him in the chambers following an ex parte
application was in accordance with the provisions of the Terrorism Prevention
Act.
The judge awarded the sum of N500
as cost against IPOB.
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A round of applause to the Honourable judge
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