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Politics● ElevatedOct 22 · Oct 22, 2026, 1:45 PM

IPOB member pleads guilty, jailed 20 years for belonging to proscribed group

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced a self-confessed member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Paul Okechukwu, 48, to 20 years in prison for belonging to a proscribed organisation. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of a two-count charge the Federal Government […] The post IPOB member pleads guilty, jailed 20 years for belonging to proscribed group appeared first on Vanguard News.

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