The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday asked the Federal Government to remove the “terrorist” tag it placed on the group or appear in court to defend it.
This was contained in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful. Powerful said the apex government had refused to appear at the Appeal Court to defend the proscription order.
Powerful said the proscription order had been appealed at the Appeal Court since 2018 by the IPOB legal team.
“Still, the Federal Government of Nigeria keeps using a slow and warped justice system to frustrate its hearing,” he said.
Powerful added, “Ever since the IPOB’s proscription was appealed, the Federal Government and her compromised Judges have been running away from meeting the IPOB legal team in their court.
“The Federal Government and her Courts are running while the IPOB legal team awaits them in the court to continue what they started.
“The IPOB, ably led by our supreme leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wondered why the Federal Government is running away from defending their ‘black market’ proscription of IPOB before the Appeal Court.”
