Ifeanyi Ejiofor says he and Mike Ozekhome have not been
dismissed as counsels to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous
People Of Biafra (IPOB).
In a tweet on Thursday, Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of the
IPOB leader, said the services of Ozekhome and Ejiofor are no longer required.
“I hereby formally notify Mike Ozekhome and Ifeanyi Ejiofor
that their services are no longer required in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case pending
before the Supreme Court of Nigeria and all (cases) concerning him,” Kanunta
wrote.
Among several allegations, Kanunta claimed that Ozekhome has
refused to see Kanu at the detention facility of the Department of Security
Services (SSS) since May 11, despite the IPOB leader’s “several” requests.
He also accused Ozekhome of preventing doctors sent by the
family from carrying out a medical examination on the IPOB leader.
Responding in a statement issued on Thursday, Ejiofor
countered Kanunta, saying the dismissal notice is “false, baseless, defamatory,
mischievous, insulting, and unauthorised.”
Ejiofor said Kanunta lives in Germany and “does not even
know anything about Onyendu’s case”, adding that he and Ozekhome have been
visiting the IPOB leader and that the latest took place on June 15.
“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,” the statement reads.
“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 27th June 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.
“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.
“My letters of engagement issued to me in 2015 by Onyendu
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are still firmly with me to date.
“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.”
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