The Igbo sociocutural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, on Thursday refused the verdict by an Abuja High Court on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Th court had in its ruling maintained its proscription of IPOB and designation as a terrorist organisation.
In their protest against the decision, the Ohaneze Ndigbo accused the court of nepotism and denigrating the nation’s judiciary system.
Chief John Nwodo, the President General of Ohaneze, said the verdict was unfortunate.
He said, “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.
“Sadly The Federal Attorney General in his parochialism, unmitigated bias and calumny has not found it necessary to classify The Fulani herdsmen as terrorists inspite 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.”
The Acting Chief Justice, Abdu Kafarati, while delivering his ruling on IPOB’s application, resolved all the three formulated issues against the group, and held that the September 20, 2017 proscription order was validly issued.
