JUST IN: IPOB Drags FG To Court Over Proscription Order

The Indigenous People of Biafra has asked the Federal High Court to withdraw the proscription order against the group by the Federal Government

On Wednesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted the application of the attorney-general of the federation at the court, demanding the proscription of IPOB on behalf of the government.

The prayer was granted and the pro-Biafra group became a terrorist organization ever since.

However, a counter application was today filed by the counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.

The case filed reads:

“That the ex-parte order made on the 20th day of September 2017, by this honourable court was made
without jurisdiction, as the order was granted against an entity unknown to law.

“That there is a clear suppression and misrepresentation of facts in the attorney-general affidavit evidence, pursuance to which the order was granted.

“That the order is unconstitutional, as it was made in clear violation of the constitutionally guaranteed right of the Indigenous People of Biafra to self-determination; Article 20(1) of the Africa Charter on Human & Peoples Rights, now domesticated into our Law under (Ratification and Enforcement Act) (Cap 10) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990; right to fair hearing, right to freedoms of expression, and the press and rights to peaceful assembly and association; clearly provided for under sections 36, 39 and 40 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as (Amended) 2011.

“That a declaratory order cannot be made pursuant to an ex-parte application, without hearing from the party against whom the order was made.

“The Indigenous People of Biafra who are majorly of Igbo extraction, have no history of violence in the exercise of their right to self determination.

“The Indigenous People of Biafra does not carry arms and has no history of arm struggle in the exercise of their constitutionally guarantee rights to self determination.”