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The military high command views the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of IPOB as a terrorist group as a morale booster for troops.

The ruling encourages intensified military efforts to dismantle IPOB and its affiliates, reinforcing the government’s stance on national security.

The military high command has described the Court of Appeal’s decision affirming the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group as a morale booster.

It stated that the ruling would encourage frontline troops to intensify efforts in dismantling the group wherever they may be hiding.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, in a unanimous verdict by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, reaffirmed IPOB’s proscription and its designation as a terrorist organization.

IPOB is a separatist group advocating for an independent state of Biafra, which seeks to carve out from Nigeria’s South-East and parts of the South-South region.

Under former President Muhammadu Buhari, the federal government proscribed the group in 2017. A Federal High Court in Abuja formalized the proscription, classifying IPOB as a terrorist organization.

Despite legal challenges by IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, a State High Court in Enugu nullified the proscription in October 2023. However, the latest Appeal Court ruling upholds the group’s terrorist designation.

In an exclusive interview with Weekend Trust, the outgoing Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Edward Buba, welcomed the ruling, stating it is a significant boost for military operations.

“The armed forces applaud the recent Appeal Court ruling affirming IPOB’s designation as a terrorist group.

“The judgment is a welcome development that further motivates troops to accelerate actions aimed at dismantling the IPOB terror group and their Eastern Security Network (ESN) affiliates,” Buba stated.

EmperorCaesar:


I like this

On that Hamas vs Israel thread, I see some guys screaming "Death to all terrorists". Now that Ipob has been proscribed a terrorist group, I'm waiting to see them screaming the same phrase again

Hypocrites everywhere

Mbanda:
Be mindful of what you wish your country and army you never can tell the end result.

Mbanda:
Be mindful of what you wish your country and army you never can tell the end result.

Mbanda:
Be mindful of what you wish your country and army you never can tell the end result.

gidgiddy:
You have not managed to crush Boko haram, that never bothered to go on appeal, for almost 13 years

All the Nigerian Army knows is to be fighting in ever part of Nigeria while the Armies of other countries are sleeping in their barracks because government has already created a politically stable environment that brought lasting peace

Rather than ask what can be done to usher in long term sustainable peace, the only thing they Nigerian authorities knows is to be fighting and crushing as if this is normal

khalling2008:
Someone should remind me Hamas and iPob are what?

Ojiofor:
Terrorist and their sympathizers should be very careful o.

EmperorCaesar:
I'm not Nostradamus but I can foresee that at best, only a handful of IPOB members would be killed and at worst, every single one of them will perish

Easy prediction

thesicilian:
Lol, crush them ke?
What happened to arresting and charging to court?
Whereas the ones up north blowing up everywhere and using kids as shields and suicide bombers, are being granted amnesty while the ones who cannot be openly granted amnesty for fear of public outrage are being set free under the guise of jail breaks.

gidgiddy:
You have not managed to crush Boko haram, that never bothered to go on appeal, for almost 13 years

All the Nigerian Army knows is to be fighting in ever part of Nigeria while the Armies of other countries are sleeping in their barracks because government has already created a politically stable environment that brought lasting peace

Rather than ask what can be done to usher in long term sustainable peace, the only thing they Nigerian authorities knows is to be fighting and crushing as if this is normal

Mbanda:
Onye eriri eri, I did not call you o!

zero8zero:
https://dailytrust.com/a-court-ruling-on-ipob-will-motivate-us-to-crush-them-military/

EmperorCaesar:


I like this

On that Hamas vs Israel thread, I see some guys screaming "Death to all terrorists". Now that Ipob has been proscribed a terrorist group, I'm waiting to see them screaming the same phrase again

Hypocrites everywhere