Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its designation as a terrorist organisation.

IPOB is a group leading the agitation for an independent state of Biafra, which it wants carved out from the South-east and some parts of South-south Nigeria.

The Nigerian government, under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017, proscribed the separatist group.

A Federal High Court in Abuja formalised the IPOB's proscription and tagged the group a terrorist organisation.

IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, have been challenging the proscription of the group in several Nigerian courts.

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