The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested a retired officer of the Service, Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, for allegedly associating with the proscribed terrorist organisation, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Ezeakolam, who is currently being held in the Service’s detention facility, is to be put on trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on a four-count charge.
He is to be arraigned before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, according to the charges filed against him by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF), Mr Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN.
Among other allegations, the former officer was accused of rendering support and material assistance to IPOB, contrary to and punishable under Section 13 of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
In addition, he was accused of joining IPOB despite knowing fully well that it is a proscribed organisation.
The offence, the DSS claimed, is contrary to and punishable
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