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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the proscription of its organization by the Nigerian government, describing it as “kangaroo justice” and a gross violation of constitutional and judicial processes.

In a press statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB accused the APC-led federal government of using “backdoor tactics” and corrupt means to criminalize its peaceful advocacy for self-determination.

Citing a 2017 ruling by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, IPOB said there was no legal basis for its designation as an unlawful group. “Justice Nyako unequivocally found no evidence—none whatsoever—to support the prosecution’s claim that IPOB is an unlawful or proscribed society,” the group noted, referencing Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/15.

Despite the subsisting nature of that ruling, IPOB alleged that the then-Buhari administration secured an ex parte proscription order from another judge, Justice Abdul Kafarati, without giving IPOB or its lawyers the opportunity to be heard — a move the group insists contravenes Section 36 of the Nigerian Constitution, which guarantees the right to fair hearing.

“The government failed to achieve its goal through a fair legal process and instead chose to manipulate the judiciary in secrecy,” the statement added. IPOB described the proscription order as “null and void ab initio,” claiming it failed to meet legal requirements for such actions.

The group also criticized the Court of Appeal for upholding the proscription, arguing that no amount of affirmation could validate a ruling “built on an illegal foundation.”

Reaffirming its commitment to peaceful advocacy, IPOB called on the international community, human rights bodies, and civil society to scrutinize what it called a “travesty of justice” and to pressure the Nigerian government into reversing the proscription.

“We will not be silenced by illegal proscriptions or state-sponsored oppression,” the statement read. “The world is watching, and history will judge those who choose to trample on justice for political expediency.”

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/ipob-rejects-proscription-accuses-fg-of-judicial-manipulation/

It's better they are been proscribed after all the havoc they have created

Do we still have organization called ipob in Nigeria? If yes, they should gather together at one public hotel instead of bush camps and issue public notice to police that they will be holding their meeting from at 10am or 2pm so police can come and dialog with them and distribute prison cloths to them on the spot to make police work easier. Organization that wasted able Igbo youths on nothing to the extent there are no more enough Igbo youths to join army and police

IPOBIDIENTS are TERRORISTS.
Signed
Gen Sec.. yarimo
Zero8zero, helinues, LegendHero,

Ipob still dey?

Commentor:
Ipob still dey?

yes! Wetin u fit do . Make our Deputy Head of State , Mazi Ekpa come back to Nig first and join Maxi Onyendu Kanu

Ipob should tell us one single development they have brought to South East apart from destruction

The group is a terrorist group. EOD

MaziObinnaokija:
yes! Wetin u fit do . Make our Deputy Head of State , Mazi Ekpa come back to Nig first and join Maxi Onyendu Kanu

With that his toy pistol?

In 2017, IPOB was unarmed and touched nobody, but they declared it a terrorist organisation

It became one of the first time on earth that an unarmed organisation that touched nobody was declared a terrorist organisation by a government

Terrorism is taken very seriously by any serious country. That's why in serious country's, an organisation isn't declared a terrorist group unless it has a history of violence

But because Nigeria is far from being a serious country, it declared IPOB a terrorist group in 2017 even though the group had no history of violence at the time, and rolled in the Army in operation python dance

Ever since, peace disappeared in the once peaceful East

You proscribe IPOB, proscribe ND militants, proscribe Fulanis, come leave OPC?

You proscribe all other ethnic militia and left your own Yoruba ethnic militia called OPC without proscription (They even hold parties and gatherings in broad daylight) and you expect people not to be suspicious about we Yorubas?

Everybody don wise up. Makr govt try another format. This one don cast.
The last hope of d common man don abandon am due to hustle.
Na God hand we de

Terrorists killing us and calling us terrorist

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Nnamdi Kanu of Ipob preaching “Peace”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZimvz1eIps

Do it through the proper channel through international organizations because trying to present your views or dialogue peacefully with an APC led terrorist illegitimate government is a waste of time

Forcing people to sit at home every Monday and killing those who refuse, is not terrorism?

Christistruth02:



Nnamdi Kanu of Ipob preaching “Peace”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZimvz1eIps

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu preaching violent about Nigeria in London.


Nnamdi Kanu is Nigeria problem


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_-e20VWNKU&feature=youtu.be

They know proscription of Ipob was illegal, That's why they empowered their agent of provocateur in Finland to start killing in East in name of Ipob just to justify tagging of Ipob as terrorists group.

But the ekperima failed.

I know in Finland prison he will be regretting working for evil government against Ipob and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Anyways I warned him against that but he insulted and blocked me

God bless Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

God bless ipob

danvon:
Forcing people to sit at home every Monday and killing those who refuse, is not terrorism?

Ipob never killed us.



Why is it those that hates Igbos claims Ipob is killing Igbos, but Igbos love ipob they claim are killing them.




We still remembered how you people rejoiced and hailed Nigeria soldiers for killing unarmed Igbo youths between 2015 to 2018.


I don't know why sudden love for Igbo life by the same people.

Dalohad:
You proscribe IPOB, proscribe ND militants, proscribe Fulanis, come leave OPC?

You proscribe all other ethnic militia and left your own Yoruba ethnic militia called OPC without proscription (They even hold parties and gatherings in broad daylight) and you expect people not to be suspicious about we Yorubas?

You and other members of your family fit add opc join the poscribed organisations now? Abi you Dey wait for government to breath??

SEPARATING FACTS FROM FICTION: What Really Happened in Billiri on Monday 21/04/2025. A Press Release on the Billiri Easter Massacre.

By the Gombe South Emancipation Forum (GSEF)

There are a lot of lies, misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation surrounding the incident on Easter Monday that claimed five precious lives of our young people and maimed at least twenty others. Unfortunately, this onslaught on the truth is coming from institutions that were supposed to be trustworthy, fair, unbiased, and professional in all their dealings and operations. Having done an extensive research on this issue in the last two dozen hours, it has become necessary for us to tell the world the truth of what happened in Billiri. We live in an era of information war. We therefore want to set the record straight, for if we don’t tell the world what actually happened people may believe the lies and the misinformation of the Gombe State Police Command and some media stations such as the Daily [Mis]Trust.

In its effort to engage this epistemological battle, the Gombe South Emancipation Forum (GSEF) interviewed several eyewitnesses, medical personnel, community leaders, security officers, and some of the victims themselves. The following is a summary of our findings along with our observations and interpretations of the situation.

1. In the early morning hours of Monday 21 April 2025 many Christians in Billiri and its environs went up a hill outside of town to commemorate the victorious resurrection of Jesus Christ the saviour of the world. This is an annual event that has been going on for almost 30 years now.

2. At around a few minutes after 6am the people started moving down to town, singing, dancing, and rejoicing along the Billiri-Kaltungo road. It has always been the practice that whenever a vehicle comes along, the people will part ways for that vehicle to pass. Before the terrible incident happened that same morning, dozens of vehicles including trucks had passed and on every occasion the people gave way for the vehicles to pass.

3. At around 6:30am a vehicle ran into a man and his daughter on a motorcycle, who were coming from the Easter service on the hill. This first incident happened at the entrance to the Federal Government College, Billiri. The young girl sustained some injuries and her leg was bandaged to reduce bleeding. Her dad took her away for medical attention.

4. Not long after that incident, another vehicle, an 18 wheeler truck (trailer) came running towards the direction of the last group of the Christians who had now reached the “Tashan Gona” junction. The trailer was fully loaded with grains. Some individuals quickly waved to the driver and told him to slow down and to honk his horn when he gets close to the group so they can give him way to pass. The driver slowed down as he listened to them. He was moving at around 10-15 kilometres per hour. But as soon as he saw the crowd ahead of him, he increased his speed and ran into the group from behind them without ever honking his horn. He mowed several people killing five, and injuring several others.

There is a video of this incident that clearly shows what the driver did. He did not swerve, nor did he decelerate to avoid killing people. Immediately after mowing the people however, the truck came to an immediate stop, indicating a clear use of brakes. It is our observation here that there is no way an 18 wheeler truck filled with grains and accelerating over the speed limit on a sloppy road would halt immediately just because it went over a group of people. That would be incongruent with the laws of physics.

5. The total number of our Christian brothers and sisters killed is five. Two died instantly, one died while she was being rushed to the hospital, and two others passed away at the hospital. More than thirty people sustained various levels of injuries. Some of these young people are permanently maimed and their lives will not remain the same. Eleven of them are receiving medical care at the Specialist Hospital Gombe, nine are at the Federal Medical Center Gombe, and seventeen went back home after receiving first aid treatment.

6. After running into the group the driver stopped the vehicle, ran towards the police who were watching the incident in real time but did not lift a hand to help any of the victims. The police officers quickly put the driver in their vehicle and drove away with him, leaving behind them both dead and live bodies trapped under the loaded trailer of the driver.

7. Rejoicing and dancing had now turned into weeping and wailing. The young people came to the rescue of their loved ones and tried to remove them from under the heavy vehicle. Those who were still alive were rushed to the General Hospital Billiri for emergency treatment but there were no any emergency items and medication (drugs) at the hospital. The hospital pharmacy itself was closed and there was no one on duty. The volunteer medical workers who were there had to get the emergency drugs and items from a nearby pharmacy, which we later learned was paid by Senator Siyako Yaro, the law maker representing Gombe South. He was at the hospital to visit the victims.

8. At this point the youths were frustrated and aggrieved. They set the truck ablaze. They also marched to the police station to demand for justice. When the police saw them coming they began to teargas them and the young people responded by throwing stones at the police. The police arrested eight of the young people while at the same time shielding the perpetrator of the hideous act, the truck driver.

Our Observations and Concerns
1. The Gombe State Police Command Press Release: Our first concern is with the press release by the Gombe State Police command. We as a community are disappointed in the police command as its account does not reflect the reality of what happened. We hereby point out the following misinformation and disinformation in the police’s report. First, the police say that the incident happened due to break failure. But eyewitness reports indicate otherwise. Also, isn’t it a mystery that this break did not fail at any of the several very steep slopes along Yola-Gombe road but waited until it reached Billiri town, right behind Christian faithfuls who are exercising their constitutional right to assembly, and at an area that is not very sloppy, before itfinally fails? If there was break failure, why didn’t the driver honk his horn to alert everyone along his path? Like the Hausa proverb says, “Akwai lauje a cikin nadi.” Second, the police say that “The vehicle veered off the road and tragically ran into the crowd.” This is false as the video shows. The driver drove straight into the group of people who are singing and dancing.

Third, the Gombe State Police Command added a religious colouration to the situation when it writes that those affected included “Some Muslim residents who were observing from the roadside.” This is a lie. The Muslims in Billiri are our family members, friends, and neighbours, but to this day we have not yet heard of any single Muslim who was hurt or directly affected by the incident. We have a comprehensive list of all the people who were hurt at the scene and none of these people is a Muslim. We therefore demand that the police provide us with names and pictures of those Muslims who were injured. We want to visit them and help them. They are our relatives and neighbours, and Jesus teaches us to love our neighbours. Fourth, according to the police press release, only eight people were injured and are receiving treatment in the hospital. On the contrary, our team visited twenty people who are currently hospitalized in Gombe. We have their complete names and pictures.

2. The Road Safety Corps: Where were the road safety officers in all of this? Were they not supposed to ensure that the road is safe for all road users including motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians? Since this Easter celebration is an annual event known to all security agencies we expect increased operations on this road anytime there is this event. If the security operatives had done their work very well, this dreadful event might have been avoided. We strongly recommend that for all subsequent Easter, Christmas, and Sallah celebrations, the Road Safety and the police officers should control traffic meticulously.

3. The Gombe State Government: We observe that the General Hospital Billiri is almost non-functional. The fact that there were no emergency items and medication including syringes and tetanus vaccines says a lot about the dilapidated nature of the facility. This is the responsibility of the State Government. The government failed us.

4. We demand that our eighth innocent young people that were arrested and detained by the police be released immediately without any conditions .

5. We call on the government to ensure that justice is done. The foundation of every peaceful society is justice.

6. We exhort the Tangale people to remain calm, peaceful, and strong through these trying times.
But we should not be foolish. Connecting the dots is very crucial here. In 2019 a Civil Defence officer deliberately drove his car into a group of boys brigade who were celebrating the Easter in the city of Gombe killing about ten people and injuring over thirty others. During a Christmas celebration in 2024 a truck ran into the crowd and up to fifteen people were injured. Now we see a repeat of this in Billiri. Christians have only two days (not 52), in the entire year when they use the road (not blocking it) for religious purposes, but yet they’re the ones being murdered. Are we to take these as isolated incidents? Are we to be that naive? Well, Jesus teaches us to “Be as gentle as a dove and as wise as a serpent.”

Our second message comes out tomorrow 24th of April 2025, which will focus on encouraging you the Tangale people as well as all the great people of Gombe South.

May God continue to protect us, fill us with his peace, and give us courage in the face of adversity. Yambu wokku Tangle.

Signed: Andele Tadi (Lead Voice)
David Yohanna: (Research Secretary)
Umar Ahmed (Publicity Secretary)

Ibo are tired of IPOB
This post would have reached 10 pages before Tinubu became president

gidgiddy:
In 2017, IPOB was unarmed and touched nobody, but they declared it a terrorist organisation

It became one of the first time on earth that an unarmed organisation that touched nobody was declared a terrorist organisation by a government

Terrorism is taken very seriously by any serious country. That's why in serious country's, an organisation isn't declared a terrorist group unless it has a history of violence

But because Nigeria is far from being a serious country, it declared IPOB a terrorist group in 2017 even though the group had no history of violence at the time, and rolled in the Army in operation python dance

Ever since, peace disappeared in the once peaceful East

Ibos already fed up of your nonsense
You can see that only you are doing ipob nonsense now

Metrix147:
Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/ipob-rejects-proscription-accuses-fg-of-judicial-manipulation/

Go to court

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IPOB is a terrorist organisation like Boko Haram, Hezbolah, HAMAS and others.

Illegal judgement. We're you expecting justifiable judgement from corrupt Nigeria judiciary judges?

sreamsense:
Do we still have organization called ipob in Nigeria? If yes, they should gather together at one public hotel instead of bush camps and issue public notice to police that they will be holding their meeting from at 10am or 2pm so police can come and dialog with them and distribute prison cloths to them on the spot to make police work easier. Organization that wasted able Igbo youths on nothing to the extent there are no more enough Igbo youths to join army and police

Everything you read on news paper and sites are all lies. Am in Abia state but I hail from imo state IPOB has never caused any havoc, it has been peace since day one.

The once that are killing our youth are the once sponsored by Nigerian government.
Go to tiger base owerri and see how innocent men are suffering.

I am not a member but IPOB didn't do it, it's manipulated with the help of media

mekuso89:
Everything you read on news paper and sites are all lies. Am in Abia state but I hail from imo state IPOB has never caused any havoc, it has been peace since day one.

The once that are killing our youth are the once sponsored by Nigerian government.
Go to tiger base owerri and see how innocent men are suffering.

I am not a member but IPOB didn't do it, it's manipulated with the help of media

How is my suggestion difficult for you to understand? Since ipob is innocent as you claimed as an emotional supporter, just help convey the message to them to gather at one public hotel or secondary school and inform police or army. You can even tell them to invite Soludo; how is that difficult for you?

If your ipob terrorist organization is bold like lion and claim innocence, tell them to show face in the public, go to EFCC in Abuja to reclaim their bank accounts and go to DSS headquarters in Abuja as innocent ipob organization to have peaceful talks with DSS on Kanu release. Once that is done, how wouldn't I believe your own report about ipob?

MaziObinnaokija:
IPOBIDIENTS are TERRORISTS.
Signed
Gen Sec.. yarimo
Zero8zero, helinues, LegendHero,

when did they transform to Ohaneze?