• says judgement ‘ll remain a history
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that the recent court judgment exhunerating its group as non terrorist group as proclaimed by the federal government has at last vindicated its claims as a lawful group.
Spokesperson of IPOB,Emma Powerful in a statement he released to newsmen at the weekend said the verdict will forever be written in the anals of history in Southeast.
While commending the judge that ruled on the matter he maintained that the judgement has exposed the Nigeria’s judicial system.
He said”Justice A. O.Onovo has demonstrated to the world that there are still judges who are willing to uphold justice even in the face of executive intimidation of the judiciary, particularly on the cases involving IPOB in Nigeria.
“It is unfortunate that most Nigerian judges are intimidated into upholding injustices against IPOB members, thereby breaking both local and international laws. IPOB cases have exposed the weakness of Nigeria’s judiciary, which has rediculed Nigeria before the International Community.
“This recent judgment from Justice Onovo of Enugu High Court has exonerated IPOB of obnoxious terrorist tag that the Nigeria government wickedly hung on the peaceful movement as a justification for violent suppression.
“In the eyes of the law and before the International Community, IPOB is not a terrorist organization. Those who jubilated when the black-market proscription was leveled against IPOB by the Fulani Government of Nigeria using an ethnic biased Justice Kafarati are now ashamed of themselves, especially those compromised media houses linking and tagging IPOB as a proscribed Organizations.
“This judgment will be recorded in the history book of remembrance. The book shall be read by the unborn generations that one courageous Judge overruled a bigotry judgment against peaceful IPOB who were fighting for the rebirth of Biafra Nation.
“The then South East Governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo leadership under Chief John Nnia Nwodo, who engineered the proscription of IPOB, shall also be captured in that history book.
History and Biafrans will never be kind to those behind this devilish act against innocent movement and family seeking for Biafra restoration.
“All the court victories by IPOB as an organization and IPOB members are clear evidences that IPOB is indeed a lawful and peaceful movement seeking Biafra Independence through a well supervised UN referendum. No amount of intimidation from the Nigeria State will stop our resolve to restore Biafra.
God bless Biafra”. Powerful said.