{"id":6314,"date":"2018-01-20T07:46:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2018-01-20T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T19:25:10","slug":"court-upholds-ipob-as-terrorist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/court-upholds-ipob-as-terrorist-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Court upholds IPOB as terrorist group; orders IPOB to pay N500K to FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6315 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IPOB-Massive-crowd-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IPOB-Massive-crowd-02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IPOB-Massive-crowd-02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IPOB-Massive-crowd-02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IPOB-Massive-crowd-02-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"u-m0\">A court in Nigeria\u2019s capital, Abuja, has upheld an earlier ruling that pro-secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (<span class=\"caps\">IPOB<\/span>), is a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>The court presided over by Justice Abdul Kafarati ruled that the Attorney General of the Federation had used proper legal processes to apply for\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">IPOB<\/span>\u2019s proscription in September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The group through its lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, challenged the proscription order arguing that the gover<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>nment had violated the rights of the group having secured the order ex parte.<\/p>\n<p>An ex parte motion is one that does not require the other party to be represented for the court to take a decision. The judge said the AG having the consent of the president was enough grounds for the earlier proscription ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also ordered the applicants to pay 500,000 naira as damages stressing that the rights of\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">IPOB<\/span>\u00a0members had not been abused by the legal processes. &#8211; AfricaNews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Nigeria\u2019s capital, Abuja, has upheld an earlier ruling that pro-secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is a terrorist group. The court presided over by Justice Abdul Kafarati ruled that the Attorney General of the Federation had used proper legal processes to apply for\u00a0IPOB\u2019s proscription in September 2017. 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