{"id":85310,"date":"2021-08-27T20:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85310"},"modified":"2021-08-27T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:25:41","slug":"sale-of-fighter-jets-fg-us-court-summons-secretary-of-state-blinken-following-ipobs-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sale-of-fighter-jets-fg-us-court-summons-secretary-of-state-blinken-following-ipobs-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale Of Fighter Jets FG:\u00a0US Court Summons Secretary of State, Blinken Following IPOB\u2019s Suit\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Following a lawsuit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra against the sale of fighter jets to President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s regime, a United States District Court of the District of Columbia has summoned Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>The IPOB is seeking an independent nation for Igbos, especially in the South-East and parts of Nigeria\u2019s South-South region.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWithin 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) \u2014 or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) \u2014 you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,\u201d the summons said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The IPOB had sued the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin over the sale of attack planes, arguing that the war machines would be weaponised against the masses opposed to Buhari\u2019s regime.<\/div>\n<div>\nUnited States-based constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein filed the case in a federal court in Washington on behalf of the group and 10 unidentified individuals from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari had ordered 12 A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets to tackle the ongoing war against Boko Haram. Six of the planes were delivered in July. Six more jets are expected in a deal of about $600 million approved by former President Donald Trump.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nThe U.S. Air Force Fighters and Advance Aircraft Directorate had told Nigeria that its 6 Tucano jet fighters would be ready for delivery by October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari\u2019s intends to use the Super Tucano advanced weapons to kill and maim Biafrans and destroy their property in his ongoing genocide conducted by Fulani controlled security forces guilty of atrocious human rights violations,\u201d IPOB said in a July 31 complaint.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\u201cAt present,\u201d the complaint pointed out, \u201c\u201cPresident Buhari is conducting a genocide of Biafrans that is under investigation by the International Criminal Court through (the) use of his Fulani-controlled security forces, including the Nigerian Air Force.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\nNnamdi Kanu\u2019s abduction and repatriation to Nigeria from Kenya in June 2020 was also cited in the court documents as a demonstration of Mr Buhari\u2019s brutish leadership.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a lawsuit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra against the sale of fighter jets to President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s regime, a United States District Court of the District of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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