Indigenous People of Biafra

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist organisation in Nigeria that aims to restore the defunct Republic of Biafra, which seceded from Nigeria in 1967 before the Nigerian Civil War and was dissolved after its defeat in 1970. Since 2021, IPOB and other Biafran separatist groups have been fighting a low-level guerrilla conflict in southeastern Nigeria against the Nigerian government. The group was founded in 2012 by Nnamdi Kanu, who has been its leader, and Uche Mefor, who served as deputy leader. Kanu is a British political activist known for his advocacy of the contemporary Biafran independence movement. IPOB was declared a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian government in 2017 under the Nigerian Terrorism Act. However, the declaration was nullified by a High Court sitting in Enugu in 2023. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal upheld the federal government's 2017 proscription of IPOB as a terrorist group. As of May 2022, the United Kingdom had denied asylum to members...

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