IPOB asks court to set aside order declaring it a terrorist group

The Indegeniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ex-parte order that proscribed and declared it a terrorist organisation. IPOB members at Federal High Court Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan. The group, in a motion it filed pursuant to Section 6(6) (1) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, maintained that the order which the Acting Chief Judge of the high court, Justice Abdul Kafarati granted to the Federal Government on Wednesday, “was made without jurisdiction”, adding that it was “granted against an entity unknown to law”.

Breaking: IPOB asks court to vacate order declaring it a terrorist group On September 22, 20174:29 pmIn NewsComments By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Indegeniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ex-parte order that proscribed and declared it a terrorist organisation. IPOB members at Federal High Court Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan. The group, in a motion it filed pursuant to Section 6(6) (1) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, maintained that the order which the Acting Chief Judge of the high court, Justice Abdul Kafarati granted to the Federal Government on Wednesday, “was made without jurisdiction”, adding that it was “granted against an entity unknown to law”.

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