Ohanaeze lambasts AGF, says court ruling affirming IPOB as terrorist group height of nepotism

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the Thursday judgment of the Abuja High Court which upheld the September 20, 2017 proscription and tagging of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation.

Lambasting the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who it said has not found it necessary to classify Fulani herdsmen as terrorists in spite being classified by Global Terrorist Index as the fourth deadliest terrorist organization in the world, Ohanaeze described the decision of the court as nepotism and denigration of the judiciary.

The court presided over by the same judge, the Acting Chief Justice, Abdu Kafarati, who gave the proscription order, had in his ruling on IPOB application seeking the reversal of its proscription and terrorist designation, held that the proscription of the group was lawfully done.

But in his reaction to the judgment, president general of Ohanaeze, Nnia Nwodo, described the ruling as unfortunate.

“It is unfortunate that our courts are allowing themselves to be used for unlawful and political ends. IPOB has done nothing to qualify, as defined by international standards, to be called a terrorist organization.

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“Sadly The Federal Attorney General in his parochialism, unmitigated bias and calumny has not found it necessary to classify The Fulani herdsmen as terrorists in spite of their classification by the Global Terrorist Index as the fourth deadliest terrorist organization in the world. Ohaneze frowns at this nepotism, this denigration of our judiciary and this stigmatization of our children,” Nwodo said.

 

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