The Department of State Services, DSS, has arraigned one of its retired officers, Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam for allegedly associating himself with the proscribed terrorist organization, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB.
Ezeakolam was on Thursday August 6, put on trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on 4 count charges before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar.
The charges were filed against him by the Director of the Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, Mr Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo SAN.
Among others, the former officer was accused of rendering support and material assistance to IPOB, contrary to and punishable under Section 13 of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022.
In addition, he was accused of joining IPOB, despite knowing fully well that it is a proscribed organization.
The offence, the DSS claimed, is “contrary to and punishable under Section 25 of Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022.
Furthermore, Ezeakolam was accused of
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