Biafran suit in America: US rejects Nigeria’s defence of immunity

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By Emeka Mamah

ENUGU—THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has asked a United States federal court to commence the trial of 16 Nigerian officials it sued over their alleged direct or indirect complicity in the extrajudicial killings of its members, who launched peaceful protests following the arrest and detention of its Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB members

This was contained in a statement issued  by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma  Powerful and made available to Vanguard in Enugu, yesterday.

The defendants include the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Alhaji Lawal Musa Daura, the former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and his successor, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris as well as the Governors of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpazu, his Anambra State counterpart, Chief…



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