The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, fixed October 16 to hear the appeal the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, filed to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organization, by the Federal Government.
The court will also give room to the hearing application of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as involved in the main case.
IPOB, will be hoping the appellate court set aside in its entirety, the ruling/final decision of the late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Abdu-Kafarati, which on September 15, 2017, outlawed its activities in Nigeria.
The high court had once proscribed IPOB on the strength of an ex-parte motion the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, filed on behalf of FG.
Justice Kafafati specifically declared as illegal, all activities of the group, particularly in the South-east and South-South regions of the country.
With a new date fix for the hearing for a case that has been on hand since October 2015, IPOB will be expecting a positive result this time.
