IPOB'S proscription backed by federal court

Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja today endorsed the presidential order banning the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB).

Kafarati, who is the acting chief judge of the court, granted the injunction in chambers.

The Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, had filed an exparte application urging the court to grant the injunction.

President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier given written approval for the proscription of the group, pending legal process.

Governors of the Southeast states took the first step to ban the activities of the group after the military had declared the separatist group a terrorist group.

There was controversy thereafter as to the legality of the order, without a court backing.

Source: NAN