US Embassy Sued For Not Declaring Kanu, IPOB Terrorists

The US embassy in Nigeria has been dragged before a federal high court in Abuja by one Nze Charles Ugwu, for saying its laws do not view the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation.

The embassy’s spokesman, Russel Brooks, had said IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu are not terrorists under US laws.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/977/17 and dated October 12, 2017, Ugwu, through his lawyer Simon Kanshio, requested the court to compel Brooks to withdraw his statement within seven days of delivery of judgment in the case.

He asked the court to determine “a true interpretation of sections 1, 4 and 5 of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act, 2013 and the United Nations Convention on Terrorism”.

“Whether the United States of America represented in Nigeria through the 2nd defendant is no longer obligated to be bound by the United Nation Convention on Terrorism which the United States of America signed and ratified?

Ugwu sought a declaration that by true interpretation of sections 1, 4 and 5 of the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act, 2013 and the United Nations Convention on Terrorism.

“A declaration that the 1st and 2nd defendants representing the United States of America in Nigeria are under absolute obligation to obey Nigerian laws both statutory and judicial so far as they are within the territory of Nigeria irrespective of their personal opinions.”