Terrorism is regarded as a very serious issue by most countries. That is why governments take a serious look at any group that they want to proscribe and declare a terrorist group. If a country is seen by the international community as proscribing groups and tagging them terrorists over flimsy and unserious reasons, it will seriously damage the credibility of that country and its government

Terrorism is no joking matter and only a fool will joke with terrorism.

In recent past, the Government proscribed the group known as the Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB) and there is already talk about government doing the same to the Shiites under the Islamic Movement Of Nigeria(IMN)

The government proscribed IPOB in 2017 when there was an alleged violent clash between IPOB and the Army during operation python dance.

The truth is is that violent clash between one group and the authorities is not reason enough to proscribe a group and tag them terrorists. That is why America and the EU disagreed with the Nigerian government that IPOB are terrorists. That is why IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is traveling freely from one country to the other without disturbance

There is no country where protesting groups dont violently clash with the authorities, it is currently happening in Hong Kong. If governments were to tag every group that they have had violent confrontation with as terrorists, everybody will eventually be declared terrorist.

What makes a group terrorist is when they use violence even when the authorities are not there. A terrorist group must have a history of using violence on the people, whether the authorities are present or not. Terrorist groups dont wait until they clash with police or Army before they unleash violence. Herdsmen and Boko haram do not wait to clash with anybody before being violent and they dont go on the streets protesting.

No terrorist group does street protest!

That's why neither IPOB or shiites are terrorists

Why is it that we only hear about Shiites being violent when they clash with authorities during protest? Why is it that IPOB was not in the news about violence until operation python dance?

No terrorist group waits until they clash with Police/Army before they unleash violence!! If a group only becomes involved in violence when the security forces are present then it is most likely that the violence was caused, wholly or partly by the security forces themselves!

You've made a lot of sense. It's just a pity that neither the government nor its advisers have an atom of sense.

They will soon proscribe opc,make dem just make small noise....it won't be a surprise to me...to see them proscribe ohaneze,afenifere and all council of elders...and leave arewa and miyetti allah herdsmen brothers to roam and cause havoc on harmless citizens.