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Alleged unlawful arrest, detention: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu�s appeal against Police, DSS

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Felix Okonkwo, one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu over his unlawful arrest and detention by the Police and the Department of State Security Services, (DSS). Justice Okon Abang dismissed the appeal for want of merit and substance. Delivering judgment on the appeal yesterday, Justice Abang held that the appellant failed to establish a miscarriage of justice in the judgment of a High Court of…

Imo: Security agents kill 20 IPOB fighters, destroy 50 hideouts�

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Aminu Imam

Security forces in Imo State have neutralised 20 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fighters during a joint operation on March 7. The mission, the second in Orsu Local Government this month and the third in the State, resulted in the destruction of 50 camps, including IPOB�s Supreme Headquarters, Command and Control Centre, and military council headquarters. Earlier operations on March 5 and March 2 saw the Nigerian Army and Navy eliminate five and one IPOB fighter, respectively, recovering various weapons and vehicles. However, in an issued statement yesterday, the Director,…

Army raids IPOB/ESN Headquarters in Imo, kill scores��

March 9, 2024March 9, 2024 Aminu Imam

Nigerian Troops have raided the Supreme Headquarters of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB situated in the Mother Valley area of Imo State. In an issued statement on Thursday, Troops of the South-East Joint Task Force (OP UDOKA) neutralised several members of the group while other fled into the deeper parts of the Forest with various degrees of injuries. The statement read in part: �In continuation of the sustained operations, the JTF OPUK troops has on 7 March 2024 cleared and destroyed the notorious Supreme Headquarters of the terrorists…

Provocative Statement: ACF tackles Ohanaeze Ndigbo, IPOB for demanding apology from Gowon

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Aminu Imam

Apex Northern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has expressed deep offense and pain over what it called highly provocative statements recently credited to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Indigenous People of Biafra against former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd). The ACF said it took time to digest a statements credited to Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as the one from the IPOB calling on General Gowon, its Grand Patron, to tender apology for what the Forum referred as a nebulous �sin� against…

“Desist calling us a terrorist organisation”�- IPOB tells FG

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the Federal Government to desist from addressing it as a terrorist organisation. IPOB made this known in a statement issued by media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, adding that the FG has refused to appear before the appellate court to defend their proscription order. Recall that Justice Abdul Kafarati had, on September 20, 2017, granted an ex-parte order proscribing IPOB as a �terrorist� organisation. But the pro-Biafra group said the proscription order had been appealed at the Appeal Court since 2018 by…

Biafra: “We�re ready for talks on referendum” – IPOB

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it is now ready to negotiate with the Federal Government on peaceful exit of Biafra from Nigeria through a United Nations (UN) supervised referendum. The pro-Biafran group, which stated this in a press statement issued by group�s spokesman, Emma Powerful, yesterday, said the peaceful agitation for Biafra Independence started in 2012 without any violence or criminality, but that the Federal Government has continued to attack its members. According to Powerful, IPOB has lost over 5,000 members and properties worth over…

Supreme Court fixes judgment date for Kanu�s trial

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would rule on the case on December 15 in order to force the Federal Government to free IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is under fire, from custody. After hearing the concluding arguments from the attorneys for the FG and the arrested IPOB leader, a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, approved the case for decision. Kanu�s legal team was led by Mr. Kanu Agabi, SAN, a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, while…

“Nigeria is a destiny destroyer” – IPOB�

October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Bans Independence Day celebration in S�East The banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared that there would be no independence day celebration in South-East, as according to it, the Igbo have not benefited anything from Nigeria. The group�s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, who said this in a statement on Friday, called on the governors of the region and other political leaders to shun the exercise, saying no �Nigerian flag will be hoisted in the zone� on October 1. The group argued that events…

Enugu: IPoB gunmen abduct Catholic priest, 6 others

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Demands N100m as ransom A Catholic priest, identified as Rev. Fr. M. Okide, of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu and six other travellers were abducted by IPoB gunmen in Enugu on Sunday evening. The incident occurred between 4.30 pm and 5 pm, along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in Udi local government area of the State. It was learnt that the kidnappers had already made telephone contacts with relatives of the victims demanding N100 million as ransom before the Catholic priest and other captives would be released. Reports said the kidnappers had left…

IPOB/ESN: Troops neutralise combatants in Abia, Enugu

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops had eliminated three IPOB/ESN gunmen in a fierce encounter during a clearance operation in the early hours of Monday at Igboro Forest, between Arochukwu and Ohafia Local Government…