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Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, will appear before the Appeal Court in Abuja today to address the group’s proscription.
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Kanu will attempt to join the appeal against IPOB’s proscription as a party.
Kanu will file the appeal through his legal team, which is supervised by Special Counsel Aloy Ejimakor, according to Cezzatech.
“Today, I will lead a team of attorneys to the Court of Appeal, Abuja to present a case for #MNK to be joined as a named party in the appeal against the proscription of IPOB,” Ejimakor said in a chat with our correspondent.
SAN Machukwu-Ume, who is heading the mother case against the proscription, and I will work together as a tag team.
Recall that IPOB was endorsed by the Nigerian government.
The separatist organisation was banned because of its calls for the secession of Biafra, and consequently, of Nigeria.
In an effort to put an end to the Biafra agitation, the Federal High Court in Abuja designated IPOB as a terrorist organization in 2017.
After the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, filed an application and moved for the order prohibiting IPOB, Justice Abdul Adamu Kafarati, who was then the Federal High Court’s acting Chief Judge, granted the request (SAN).
