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Court finally grant Presidesnt Buhari’s request to proscribed Shi’ites group

July 27, 2019
in Aba News

The federal government’s request for the proscription of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria as a terrorist organisation has been granted by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

According to PUNCH, the court made the declaration on Friday following an ex parte application filed by the federal government through the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF).

IMN members better known as Shi’ites have been involved in clashes with security agencies in recent times.

On Monday, Usman Umar, a senior police officer, and Precious Owolabi, a Channels Television reporter, lost their lives when the Shi’ites staged a protest in Abuja. The group also lost some of its members while many of them were arrested.

The IMN members have been asking the government to release Ibraheem el-Zakzaky, their leader, and Zeenatu, his wife, who have both been in custody since 2015.

They were arrested after Shi’ites and soldiers clashed in Zaria, Kaduna state.

Nkeonye Maha, a judge, reportedly declared that the activities of the Shi’ites in any part of the country are acts of “terrorism.”

Maha ordered the AGF to publish the court order in the official gazette and two newspapers in order to complete the process of banning the group.

The newspaper said although, the group was the only respondent to the motion, it was not represented in court on Friday because it was an ex parte application.

The development comes two years after the federal government labelled the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist group. A court had also declared IPOB a terrorist group before the government of President Muhammadu Buhari banned it.

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