The Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has condemned the affirmation of the ban of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB by the federal high court, Abuja, describing it as the height of nepotism and denigration of the nation’s judiciary system.
The Acting Chief Justice of the court, Abdu Kafarati on Thursday upheld IPOB’s proscription.
But reacting to the judgment, President General of Ohaneze, Nnia Nwodo, 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.”
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