We’re not a terrorist organisation – IPOB Tells Presidency, Army, Others
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has claimed that it’s not a terrorist group as being said by the presidency, the army and the police. It has also threatened to sue the institutions if they refer to it as a terrorist group.
The secessionist group released a statement through its legal team on Friday, saying, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team is under firm instructions from our Client to issue this final warning to all persons and institutions still referring to it as a terrorist organisation.
“Henceforth, any further reference to IPOB as a terrorist organization will be met and countervailed with a muscular litigation and other lawful measures, regardless of who the entity is. This is because there is a subsisting Judgment of a competent High Court in Nigeria (attached herewith) which ruled that IPOB’s proscription/declaration as a terrorist group by Buhari is illegal, discriminatory and unconstitutional.
“Compliance with this Judgment strictly demands that IPOB should no longer be referred to as a terrorist organization.
“Additionally, those calling IPOB a terrorist organization have not adduced a scintilla of evidence that IPOB has ever engaged in any terrorist activity. This is underscored by the verifiable fact that since the so-called proscription of IPOB in 2017, no single alleged IPOB member has been convicted of any terrorist act, despite thousands of arrests, abductions, horrendous torture, false flags and extrajudicial killings levied against its alleged members.
“Accordingly, we hereby demand that the general public, Presidency, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police and any erring media houses should forthwith cease and desist from attaching such defamatory and prejudicial label to IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
An Enugu State High Court had voided the proscription of the secessionist group and said that the declaration of the Biafra fighters as a terrorist group is invalid, and illegal.
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