Terrorism: The Shortsightedness Of Proscribing IPOB

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been branded a terror group and outlawed from the South-east in separate statements made by the Military Defence Headquarters and the South East Governors Forum?

But is it not rather amazing, I mean to say wrongly amazing, that the organization has been so, and quickly too, described?

Does it not stir a wonderment to the effect that within hours and just days of seeming confrontation between the military and the group, the Nigerian state was swift to so classify it?

The confrontation, however, yes, the confrontation from all knowledge was one that happened to be reactionary; a case of having to react when been jabbed on the mouth.

In citing the reasons for its conclusion, the bulk of the rationale seems to have been gathered within just these few days of the 'confrontation' between members of IPOB and the army in the widely condemned military exercise codenamed Operation Python Dance II.

But how reasonable is that quick conclusion arrived from just a short space and scope?

Could we for the sake of the current issue, I mean the proscription and the terror-tagging bring the case of the Fulani herdsmen vis-à-vis militant terrorism?

It is an international classification that the Fulani herdsmen is the 4th in rank of the world's most notorious terror affiliations, after ISIS, Boko Haram and Al Shabab. That's to say, internationally, Fulani herdsmen, whose preoccupation is with the Nigerian state is a terror body.

The question which now arises, and this is with regards to the branding of IPOB, is why has the Nigerian military, the southeast governors or any government institution not deemed it fit to ban, proscribe or outlaw the and their operations?

The questions remain, but quickly, is the IPOB truly a terrorist group? Has it fairly shown to be, does it pass the terror test and has it failed?

But truly, and I mean fairly, there's more to have been heard and seen from the hurried declarations made simultaneously by the DHQ and the Southeastern governors in Abuja and Enugu respectively.

And truly, the proscription is a quick misnomer.

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