A Federal High Court in Abuja has held that the order proscribing the pro-Biafra group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) subsists despite an appeal against the proscription order.
Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling on Friday on Kanu’s preliminary objection, held that although IPOB has appealed the order proscribing it, the order remains until it is set aside.
She said: “This issue is still on appeal. The order proscribing the organisation is still subsisting until it is vacated.”
A former Chief Judge of the court, Justice Adamu Kafarati (now late) in a ruling in September 2017 granted an ex-parte application by the Federal Government, declared IPOB unlawful organisation.
Justice Kafarati, in another ruling in January 2018, rejected an application by IPOB, seeking the vacation of the proscription order.
Also in her ruling on Friday, Justice Nyako faulted claim by lawyer to Kanu, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) that the IPOB leader was unlawfully renditioned from Kenya.