The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a N10 billion lawsuit against the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, over alleged defamation.
In the suit marked CV/3179/2025 and filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, through his lawyer Maxwell Opara, Kanu is also seeking N50 million as exemplary damages against the Commissioner of Police. that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a N10 billion lawsuit against the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, over alleged defamation.
In the suit marked CV/3179/2025 and filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, through his lawyer Maxwell Opara, Kanu is also seeking N50 million as exemplary damages against the Commissioner of Police.Kanu is asking the court to declare as false, speculative, and defamatory, a press release issued by Mr. Danjuma on July 25, which allegedly linked IPOB and its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), to killings in Arondizuogu, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State.
The IPOB leader also asked the court to issue a perpetual injunction restraining the police chief from making similar statements in the future. He further prayed for an order compelling the Commissioner to publicly retract the allegation and publish an apology in at least two national newspapers and on national television.
Kanu is also seeking 10 percent post-judgment interest per annum on the judgment sum until it is fully liquidated.
According to his lawyer, the police commissioner’s statement was made “without proper investigation, evidence, or credible intelligence,” adding that no arrest or prosecution had followed the press release.
Opara argued that the remarks were malicious, prejudicial, and intended to sway public opinion against Kanu and IPOB, especially as his client is currently standing trial at the Federal High Court on terrorism-related charges, while also challenging the proscription of IPOB at the Supreme Court.
He maintained that the police commissioner’s statement had caused serious damage to Kanu’s reputation nationally and internationally.
The court has yet to fix a date for the hearing of the suit.
