Politics
By Anthony Isibor
IFEANYI Ejiofor, lead Counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has debunked allegations that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, has dismissed his legal team led by Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN,
Ejiofor made this known in a statement on Thursday after a visit to Nnamdi Kanu at the Department of State Services, DSS headquarters, where he has been detained in solitary confinement.
The visit became necessary following the fake news made by one Kingsley Kanu, alias Kanunta Kanu, currently making the round on the social media that Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team ably led by Prof. Ozekhome, SAN, has purportedly been “dismissed”, and also to brief him on matters relating to his cases in Court, including his matter coming up on the 20th of June, 2023, before the Federal High Court, Abuja, as well as Matters of relating to his deteriorating medical condition.
According to the statement made available to Realnews, Ejiofor expressly described Kingsley Kanu’s allegations as a show of his ignorance or a deliberate falsehood.
He stated unequivocally that Nnamdi Kanu never at any time ever dismissed, disengaged, nor has he ever expressed any intention of ‘dismissing’ his legal team.
According to him, such condemnable falsehood is only aimed at ridiculing and embarrassing Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team with the hope to get him angry and leave Onyendu to his fate for them to prey on, “A step the learned SAN has vowed not to take inspite such shenanigans.”
He called on all Biafrans and indeed the members of the general public to ignore in its entirety, the obviously false, baseless, defamatory, mischievous, fake, reprehensible, denigrating, insulting and unauthorized Public Notice issued by Kingsley Kanu, alias Kanunta Kanu, a person not even known to Prof Ozekhome. “The alleged public notice is a blatant lie from the pit of hell fire as it is not true.”
“Kingsley Kanu who lives in Germany does not even know anything about Nnamdi Kanu’s case.
“He lied that Prof Ozekhome has refused to visit Onyendu since 11th of May, 2023, whereas the erudite professor of law actually led me to have an over 2 hours meeting with Onyendu and the DSS on the 3rd of June, 2023,” he said.
“Kingsley Kanu should be assured that his evil strategies are dead on aarival. There is nothing whatsoever, that will stop or deter Onyendu’s legal team, which is tirelessly working day and night to ensure that Onyendu is released unconditionally. And he will be released, by the Grace of God, to their eternal shame and embarrassment,’ he added.
To further debunk the false allegations already circulating on the social media, Ejiofor said that the medical foctors who attempted to see Nnamdi Kanu last week Tuesday being 6th of June, 2023, were not there to participate in any surgical procedure, but to first meet and interface with him on a preliminary basis.
Making further clarifications, he added that “The Medical Doctors were expected to consult with our lead counsel- Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, before proceeding with other administrative engagements as we unanimously agreed upon during our well over one hour meeting of 3RD June, 2023, led by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, which was held with the DSS in the presence of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who participated in and approached all the decisions reached at the meeting.
“Biafrans should note and be assured that Onyendu’s legal team, ably led by the legal iroko of our time – Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, is closely monitoring every situation about and around Onyendu. We are not resting on our oars to get him freed and released from his illegal and unconstitutional detention after his discharge by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division, which also prohibited his further detention or trial on the charges he was standing trial for before his extraordinary and forceful rendition from Kenya to Nigeria on 27thJune, 2021. There is therefore no cause for alarm,as the Supreme Court is set to finally decide the matter on the 14th of September, 2023,immediately after the annual vacation. We are thousands of miles and steps ahead of the evil plans of the enemies,both from within and from without.Onyendu will be out of the DSS gulag strong and unbroken,by the grace of God.
“In view of the desperate attempt of the enemies to break our ranks, the legal team resolved to minimize the information that we make public through my regular updates. Therefore, you will not,as in the recent past, be receiving updates on our routine visits as regularly as it used to come, except when there is a compelling situation that demands for it,as the present one specifically demands.
“Several visits to Onyendu, and particularly, the visit of 3rd June, 2023, was deliberately not publicized because of the confidential nature of the matters discussed;, but all relevant persons were duly briefed about the outcomes.
“May I use this medium to address an obvious highly defamatory and very disappointing publication which was brought to my attention immediately upon I stepped out of the meeting venue of my routine visit to Onyendu at the DSS Headquarters, Abuja. Unarguably, the author intended to serve some satanic mischief through a diet of falsehood and defamatory publication. But, he has failed.
“Let it be on record and be known to the whole world that neither Kingsley Kanu, nor Emmanuel Kanu, had at any point in time briefed me to handle Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case, or even IPOB matters.
“Neither Kingsley Kanu, nor anybody acting on his behalf,ever engaged Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to represent Onyendu in any matters affecting him. Biafrans and members of the public are aware that Onyendu specifically requested to see Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN upon his forceful abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria in June, 2023. It was not until 22nd December, 2022 ( 6 months later), that Ozekhome finally accepted the the brief. During that first meeting between him and Onyendu, which details are already in the public domain, Onyendu personally briefed Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to head his legal team. He also instructed me to put the briefing in writing, which I did to his satisfaction. Till date, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN has done excellently and overwhelmingly well in deploying his deep knowledge of the law, advocacy skills and daring bravado to represent Onyendu in all courts in Nigeria, churning out successes upon successes.
“My letters of engagement issued to me since 2015,by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are still firmly with me till date.” he added.
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