Nnamdi Kanu: Court Lifts Ban on IPOB as Terrorist Group, Fines Tinubu's FG N8 billion
- Nnamdi Kanu secured a major win for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the court recently
- Justice A. O. Onovo, in a fresh ruling held on Thursday, October 26, lifted the ban on the outlawed group
- The judge further directed the federal government and the southeast governors to tender an apology to Kanu and pay him N8 billion as compensation for the violation of his rights
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Enugu state, Enugu - The Enugu state high court has delivered a crucial judgment in favour of Nnamdi Kanu.
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Justice A. O. Onovo on Thursday, October 26, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the Southeast Governors' Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void, Vanguard reported.
Recall that in 2017, the Southeast Governors Forum, led by former Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state, proscribed IPOB activities.
The Punch reported that the development led to the federal government under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari listing IPOB as a terror organisation three days later.
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However, IPOB leader Kanu, approached the court to seek the reversal of the prescription and demanded N8bn in damages "for the physical, mental, emotional and psychological trauma he was subjected to."
Court awards N8bn for damages to Nnamdi Kanu
In his judgment on Thursday, Justice Onovo agreed with Kanu and declared IPOB proscription "unconstitutional and illegal."
The court also ordered the defendants, the FG headed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the governors, to pay Kanu N8,000,000,000.00 (eight billion naira) as damages and to tender a public apology to him through national dailies.
Court releases 7 IPOB supporters, fines police N130m
This is coming a few weeks after the outlawed IPOB secured the freedom of seven of its members who were arrested and illegally held in various detention centres by security agencies.
Kanu's counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said the IPOB supporters were also awarded N130m in damages against security agencies.
When will Supreme Court rule on FG's case against Nnamdi Kanu?
Legit.ng reported earlier that the Supreme Court set December 15 as the judgment day for the appeal filed by the federal government and Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed IPOB.
Following the final submission by the lawyer to the federal government, Tijani Gazali (SAN) and counsel to the embattled Kanu, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the court finally set the date.
Shehu Sani reveals how to end IPOB's sit-at-home
Senator Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central lawmaker, revealed how the Nigerian government can put an end to the IPOB's sit-at-home directive in the southeast.
In a tweet sighted by Legit.ng on Sunday, July 16, Sani, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), advised the government to share N50,000 palliative in the markets every Monday.
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