IPOB drags American academic to Court over publication on Kanu, group
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disclosed that it has dragged the Executive Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, Baltimore University, USA, Prof. Ivan Sheehan, to court for alleged false publication against the group.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, accusing Sheehan of publishing a false and malicious article against the group.
According to him, Sheehan had in a piece published in The Washington Times called on the US authorities to declare IPOB a global terrorists group.
Emma noted that the academic don’s publication suggests that the creation of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) by IPOB in Nigeria, rubbishes the groups claim to be a peaceful movement, and accused the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu of using Radio Biafra to issue threats and back terrorism.
