Nnamdi Kanu started IPOB in 2014.

He also set it up as a business in the United Kingdom.

Kanu, who is from the UK and is the leader of IPOB, has been jailed by the Nigerian government since June 2021, when he was for some reason sent from Kenya to Nigeria.

In October, a three-person panel of the appeals court led by Justice Hanatu Sankey said that when Kanu was brought back to the country against his will, the Federal Government broke the Terrorism Act and violated his rights.

So, the court dropped the terrorism charge against Kanu. But Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, said that Kanu was only released from jail and not found not guilty.

After warnings, the company closed on September 13, 2022.

"The Registrar of Companies gives notice that, unless there is a good reason not to, the company will be struck off and dissolved no later than 2 months from the date above.

A notice sent to IPOB on June 28, 2022, said, "Upon the company's dissolution, all property and rights vested in or held in trust for the company are considered to be bona vacantia and will belong to the Crown."

Earlier in the year, the UK stopped IPOB, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, and other Biafran groups from joining its asylum programme.

The British government said that the Nigerian government had called IPOB a terrorist group and that members of IPOB and its paramilitary wing, the Eastern Security Network, had broken people's rights.

So, the UK said that people who break human rights shouldn't be allowed to stay there.

In March 2021, UK Visas and Immigration gave its decision-makers new instructions on how to look at and approve IPOB members' asylum requests.

In the guidelines called "Country Policy and Information Note Nigeria: Biafran Secessionist Groups," the UKVI, which is part of the Home Office, told its decision-makers to think about whether a person "who actively and openly supports IPOB is likely to be at risk of arrest and detention, and ill-treatment that is likely to amount to persecution."

labelled, but in a May 3 update called "Country Policy and Information Note: Separatist Groups in the South-East of Nigeria," which was posted on the UKVI's website, the agency said, "The Nigerian government has labelled IPOB a terrorist group, and members of the group and its paramilitary wing, the Eastern Security Network, which was formed in December 2020, are said to have broken human rights in Nigeria.” This has been reported in several news articles.

"MASSOB has been made illegal, but it is not on Nigeria's list of banned terrorist groups." It is also said to have fought violently with the authorities.

In a statement, the British High Commission in Abuja said that the group was not a terrorist group.

"We are aware of false reports in the media and online that the UK government has added the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the list of terrorist groups or organisations that are illegal in the UK," the statement had read.

"There's no truth to these rumours.” In the UK, the "Indigenous People of Biafra" (IPOB) is not a banned group.

"The UK Government published a revised Country Policy and Information Note (CPIN) on separatist groups in SE Nigeria, such as the Indigenous People of Biafra, on April 13, 2022. This was wrongly reported (IPOB). CPINs give UK government decision-makers access to the country of origin information (COI) and analysis of COI when dealing with certain types of protection and human rights claims.

"All asylum and human rights claims made in the UK are looked at on their own merits, taking into account relevant information about the country and case law, in line with our obligations under the UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights."

"The CPIN on separatist groups in the South East, like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), gives an overview of the risks that people in those groups face." These assessments are based on an analysis of information about each country that is available to the public. This information comes from a wide range of trustworthy sources, such as the media, the UK government and other governments, local, national, and international organisations, and non-government organisations.

labelled"This CPIN also acknowledges that the Nigerian government has labelled IPOB a terrorist group and that some IPOB members are said to have used violence against the state and members of the public.” It also says that people who have violated human rights shouldn't be given protection.