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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed his displeasure and rejection of the failure of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal challenging the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian government. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had in March fixed October 16 to hear the appeal filed by IPOB to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation.
Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) would have regained his freedom but for Imo State politics and the forthcoming governorship election in the state, SaharaReporters can exclusively report. Kanu, the leader of the separatist group was on June 19, 2021, abducted from Nairobi airport in Kenya and then detained and tortured for about 10 days in Kenya. Under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Kanu was subsequently flown by private plane from Kenya to Nigeria later in June 2021.
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Court of Appeal should not consider adjourning the hearing on IPOB’s appeal challenging its proscription as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian government, his lawyer, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor has said. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal in March fixed October 16 to hear the appeal filed by IPOB to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation.