Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to the embattled leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has described claims by the Attorney
General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), as
false.
In a Facebook post, the lawyer noted that spreading false
narratives against the IPOB leader “will fail”.
The Federal Government had blamed Kanu for the murder of Dr
Chike Akunyili, the husband of a former Director-General of the National Agency
for Food and Drug Administration and Control, the late Prof Dora Akunyili.
The government further accused him of being responsible for
the murder of a former presidential aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in
the South-East.
This is according to a committee set up by the President, Muhammadu
Buhari, to investigate Kanu, who is standing trial for treasonable felony.
The 24-member comprised members from the Federal Ministry of
Justice, the Federal Ministry of Information, the Nigeria Police Force, the
Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency and the Defence
Intelligence Agency.
The committee, headed by Malami, said consequent upon the
instigating directives of Kanu, members of IPOB and the Eastern Security
Network carried out massive attacks on democratic institutions, especially
facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission to hamper
democratic process in Nigeria.
It said the attacks, carried out between October 2020 and June
2021, led to the killing of 175 security agents.
But Ejiofor said the legal team were prepared to prove all
the allegations wrong.
He posted, “There is no cause for alarm umuchukwu Okike
Abiama. Do not panic at all.
“I may not wish to dignify their trending falsehood by
directly responding to it but it is a bad strategy, already dead on arrival. We
saw it coming!
“After a robust outing of 21st October, and strong objection
raised to the empty charge, the narratives changed.
Note that the media has been awashed with this false
narrative right from the very first day our client was extraordinarily
renditioned to Nigeria, even before the amended seven charges were filed twice.
“Their seven counts were amended twice upon being served
with our Preliminary Objection. Remember that the facts they substantially
relied upon in their purported amended charge, dwelt much on this speculation
as you saw in their press statement.
“In all, I implore you all to remain calm, peaceful and
focused, your eyes should always be on the ball, because we will demystify them
only in law court. They cannot place something on nothing and expect it to
stand, it must fail woefully!
“Please, note that your prayers has been impacting so much,
it cannot be taken for granted at all. Please do not relent, Umuchineke.
“We believe in the ability of this honourable court to do
justice to all manner of men, and that justice must not only be done in our
case but SHALL manifestly be seen to have been done.
“Ignore their media propaganda, please, because Onyendu Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu has not committed any offence known to law. He is a POLITICAL
PRISONER, and SHALL be out soon,Our formidable legal team will leave no stone
unturned to see it happen soon.”
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