The South East governors and the federal government’s proscription and classification of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group is unlawful, according to a ruling made by a High Court presided over by Justice A. O. Onovo in Enugu State, on Thursday.
The ruling came about as a result of a lawsuit that IPOB’s legal team, headed by Aloy Ejimakor, filed in court to overturn IPOB’s 2017 designation as a terrorist group.
Justice Onovo, who delivered judgment in the suit marked E/20/2023, declared that “the practical application of the Terrorism Prevention Act and the executive or administrative action of the respondents (Southeast Governors Forum and the federal government) which directly led to the proscription of IPOB and its listing as a terrorist group”, was unconstitutional.
