The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has hailed a Canadian court ruling which declared Nigeria’s two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as terrorist organizations.

In a strongly worded statement issued on Saturday, IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, described the judgment as a “moral earthquake” and a historic moment that validates long-held claims about Nigeria’s political class.

“This is not just a judgment; it is a thunderclap across Africa. It confirms before the world what IPOB has always known and what millions of oppressed Nigerians whisper in fear: the political class in Nigeria is a cartel of terror,” IPOB said.

The pro-Biafra group noted that the ruling serves as a warning to those who oppose its push for self-determination, stressing that history has never been kind to oppressors.

Powerful recalled that IPOB’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, had long prophesied that political forces behind the Nigerian Civil War and the alleged genocide against Biafrans would one day face justice.

IPOB linked the widespread insecurity and displacement in northern and western Nigeria to what it described as policies engineered by both parties, now labeled “terrorists” by the Canadian court.

The group also took aim at former Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi, for initiating the proscription of IPOB, which was later enforced by the APC-led Federal Government.

“Today, both parties stand naked before the world, stripped of their political sanctimony and stamped with the global disgrace of ‘terrorist’ status. The irony is divine. The punishment is poetic,” the statement added.

IPOB declared that the judgment was just the beginning of international recognition of what it called “the unraveling of the Nigerian state’s lies.”

“The Canadian judgment is not the end — it is the opening salvo. It signals the unraveling of the Nigerian state’s lies before the international community. The tide of history is turning, and it is turning in favor of truth, freedom, and Biafra,” the group stated.

The pro-Biafra organization ended its statement with a declaration that “Biafra is alive, Biafra is rising, and no power on earth can stop it.”