IPOB Claims ‘Rightful’ Grounds Against FG On Proscription
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB is outrightly condemning the ‘terrorist organization’ tag on the pro-Biafra separatist by the Nigerian Government at all fronts.
To come first was the pronouncement of IPOB as a terrorist organization by the Defence Headquarters last week, followed by the proscription of their activities in the southeast regions by the regional governors.
Subsequently, the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Abdul Kafarati secured the ban on IPOB by signing the declaration from FG recently.
Responding to the court ruling, the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful issued a statement questioning the court approval when the same court had once declared the group as legal.
“We must continue to ask what evidence led Justice Kafarati to bow to blackmail and pressure from DSS and Aso Rock to grant this order when the very brave Justice Binta Nyako ruled in the same high court sitting in Abuja that IPOB is not an illegal organisation”.
He also reestablished that the group is not a terrorist organization as it maintains certain right under the United Nations and African Charter which the country, Nigeria is a signatory to.
“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.
“With this development (the court order), the world can now clearly see there is something fundamentally wrong with the Nigerian psyche and its 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.
“Years of enduring blackmail, threats and humiliation of judges by this Buhari’s regime is beginning to pay off. We dread to think of what might have become of the few brave judges like Justice Binta Nyako who stood their ground to deliver sensible judgment even under the threat of imprisonment and demotion.
“Nigerians should wonder how the civilised worldview them and their government officials today, including the judiciary, which have proven themselves to be the most corrupt and morally bankrupt nation on earth”, IPOB stated.
