Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a motion in court to challenge a Federal High Court's order proscribing the group's activities and branding it a terrorist organisation.
Ejiofor disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, September 22, 2017, arguing that the order was illegal.

He revealed that the motion, dated Thursday, September 21, was filed on Friday to contest the decision of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court.

In the motion, Ejiofor argued that the separatist pro-Biafra group is a non-violent organisation in contrast to what has been claimed by the government.

He also said the group's leader was not allowed fair hearing before the decision to ban the group was reached by the court.

On Wednesday, September 20, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted the Federal Government an interim injunction proscribing activities of IPOB.

This came after the separatist group was officially branded a "militant terrorist organisation" in a statement by Director, Defence Information (DDI), Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, on Friday, September 15.

This was followed up by an official proscription of activities of the group by the South East Governors' Forum later on Friday after an emergency meeting in Enugu.

Kanu's whereabouts have remained unknown since he publicly accused the military of invading his father's compound in Umuahia on Sunday, September 10, a confrontation that led to several violent clashes between soldiers and civilians throughout that week.