Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers warn Presidency, army, media against calling IPOB terrorist group
By Jeffrey Agbo
The legal team of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has warned the media, Presidency, army, police and others to desist from referring to IPOB as a terrorist organisation.
The lawyers stated this in a press release dated June 7, 2024 and signed by Aloy Ejimakor.
They said Justice A. O. Onovo of Enugu State High Court had already nullified the proscription of IPOB in his judgement on October 26, 2023.
“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 IPOB as a terrorist organisation,” the statement said.
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“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.”
The statement said those still referring to the group as that have not provided evidence that IPOB is involved in terrorism.
“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,” the lawyers said.
