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Army Lists 5 Reasons For Declaring IPOB A Terrorists Organisation
The Nigerian military has declared the pro-Biafra separatist group, IPOB, a “terrorist organisation.”
In his statement titled: “PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE STATE OF INDEPENDENT PEOPLE OF BIAFRA”, Mr. Enenche, a major general, listed five reasons the military considered for labelling IPOB a terror group.
See following reasons:
1. The Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) group which has posed to be a security challenge in the Country, has been metamorphosing from one stage to the other. After due professional analysis and recent developments, it has become expedient, to notify the general public that; the claim by IPOB actors that the organization is non-violent is not true. Hence, the need to bring to public awareness the true and current state of IPOB. In this regard, some of their actions, clandestinely and actively, that has been terrorising the general public among others include;
a. The formation of a Biafra Secret Service.
b. Claimed formation of Biafra National Guard.
c. Unauthorised blocking of public access roads.
d. Extortion of money from innocent civilians at illegal road blocks.
e. Militant possession and use of weapons (stones, molotov cocktails, machetes and broken bottles among others) on a military patrol on 10 September 2017.
f. Physical confrontation of troops by Nnamdi Kanu and other IPOB actors at a check point on 11 September 2017 and also attempts to snatch their rifles.
g. Attack by IPOB members, on a military check point on 12 September 2017, at Isialangwa, where one IPOB actor attempted to snatch a female soldier’s rifle.
3. From the foregoing, the Armed Forces of Nigeria wishes to confirm to the general public that IPOB from all intent, plan and purpose as analysed, is a militant terrorist organisation. Therefore, parents and particularly unsuspecting residents of the South East and other Nigerians should advice their wards to desist from joining the group.
4. The Defence Headquarters restates its commitment to handling all the security challenges in the Country and further assures all Nigerians of the protection of lives and property.
Humphrey Okeke
September 16, 2017 at 3:29 pm
All your points is baseless. Better be wise than speaking like an evil
Sabiu Salisu
September 16, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Berbarism and others
Christopher Ochini
September 16, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Nonsense
Umar Farouk Balarabe
September 16, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Exactly
Clement-Paul Chibuike
September 16, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Irrelevant reasons
Ben Eze
September 16, 2017 at 11:55 am
This reasons ar not cogent cos the Biafrans has never taken any soul,the fulani herdsmen ar there killing on daily basis and yet not any of them has been prosecuted or tag them terrorists
gas
September 16, 2017 at 11:11 am
rubbish upon rubbish after killing innocent civillians you call them names
gas
September 16, 2017 at 11:16 am
they are declared terrorist yet you want to keep them forcefully in nigeria,they said they want to go from nigeria pls kindly allow them to go their way its very simple
Chukwu Obasi
September 16, 2017 at 9:53 am
F.G.N always always disgusting
Anyway I can’t stop laughing
Onyedikachi Eno
September 16, 2017 at 8:51 am
And in all the 5 reasons none of them is a reasonable reason why ipbo should declears a terrorist group
DamIan Chijioke
September 16, 2017 at 8:23 am
Criminals who came to kill and destroyed and is unable to achieve all their evil plan, went ahead and planted weapons in .our directors house in other to have excuse of their sin by tagging IPOB a terrorist, but their sin shall found them out.
Chinedu Okechukwu
September 16, 2017 at 8:16 am
army dont have the right to declear it..can they define terrorist..is only court that have the right.
Chi Bu Ike
September 16, 2017 at 8:14 am
September 16, 2017
Press Release
TIME TO ARREST, DISMISS, AND PROSECUTE MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN ENENCHE FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT IN HIS DECLARATION OF IPOB AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the Leadership Team of the Directorate of State (DOS) hereby state that the time has come for the dismissal, arrest, and prosecution of Major-General John Enenche for contempt of court and usurping the roles and responsibilities of the Judiciary by unilaterally declaring IPOB as a terrorist organization without obtaining any court pronouncement. During an ill-informed and contemptuous press release, the 51-year old John Enenche stated that the Nigerian Army has declared IPOB a terrorist organization. This declaration is not only judicially provocative and belligerent, the Idoma-born army officer acted beyond the mandate of the Nigerian Army as specified in Sections 10 & 11 of CAP A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (L.F.N.) 2004 and in Section-217(2) of the Nigerian fraudulent constitution.
Recall that on March 1, 2017, the Honourable Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja declared in her ruling that IPOB is not an unlawful society/organization. Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako gave her judgment having studied the conditions for an organization to be deemed unlawful as stipulated in Section-62 of CAP C38 L.F.N. 2004. Up till this day, that ruling from Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako has not been upturned by any court. For John Enenche to unilaterally declare IPOB a terrorist organization, he has committed the crime of contempt of court by undermining or disobeying the ruling of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako. And for this reason, Major-General John Enenche (though a Biafran from Idoma land) must be dismissed from the Nigerian Army, arrested and brought to trial in the court of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako.
For those who do not know, what constitute the acts of terrorism are well defined in Section-1(2) of Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2011 and as amended in 2013. In the same Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2011, Section-2 stipulated that only a Judge can declare an organization proscribed based on proven case of acts of terrorism and such case will be presented to the Judge through an application made by the Attorney General or the National Security Adviser or the Inspector General of Police with the approval of the President. The Judge’s declaration will thereafter be gazetted.
The questions that now beg for answers are: (1) Does the Director of Defence Information (DDI) of the Nigerian Army (Major-General John Enenche) fall into any of the three categories of persons that should make an application to a Judge to declare IPOB a terrorist organization? (2) Which Judge did the DDI make such application to and was it approved by the President prior to submitting the application? (3) Where is the approval given to the DDI by the Judge? (4) When and where was the Judge’s declaration gazetted?
From a careful review and analysis of (a) CAP A20 L.F.N., (b) Section-217 of Nigerian fraudulent constitution, and (c) Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2011, the Nigerian Army and its DDI have deceived the public by illegally declaring IPOB a terrorist organization. In particular, this deceitful act is a violation and interference into the Judicial arm of government and it is an overreach. It is also a deliberate act in contempt of a subsisting ruling in a competent court of law. The perpetrator of this crime, Major-General John Enenche, must be dismissed from the Nigerian Army, be arrested after his dismissal, and be prosecuted and jailed for contempt of court. This will serve as a deterrent to others who flagrantly and frequently violate the Laws and even contravene the Nigerian fraudulent constitution such as the ongoing unconstitutional “Operation Python Dance-2.”
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), whether led by Nnamdi Kanu or led by the DOS, is not a terrorist organization because no court of competent jurisdiction has so declared it. The so-called declaration by Major-General John Enenche is null and void and of no effect. The public should accordingly ignore such illegal and ill-advised declarations. The DOS assures all men and women of goodwill that the restoration of the nation of Biafra is a divine project whose time has come and is, therefore, unstoppable, unquenchable, irreversible, and irrevocable.
Long live IPOB and long live the nation of Biafra!