IPOB Stands Firm: Ozekhome and Ejiofor Remain Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Counsels in Biafra Case.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) reaffirmed on Thursday that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s, lead counsels, Mike Ozekhome and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, have not been dismissed. Emma Powerful, the spokesperson for IPOB, urged everyone to disregard the statement attributed to Kanu’s family members regarding the alleged sacking of Ozekhome and Ejiofor.

Powerful clarified that both Ozekhome and Ejiofor are lawyers representing IPOB, and therefore cannot be dismissed by Kanu’s family. In a statement, he strongly urged those who are spreading the baseless rumors about the supposed dismissal of Ejiofor and Ozekhome to stop doing so, referring to such claims as “laughable.”

A statement by Powerful reads: “IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who engaged these dependable legal luminaries, are very confident in their legal prowess.

“Biafrans and lovers of Biafra freedom across the world should ignore the purported statement from the so-called brothers of our leader because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu regards IPOB members as his brothers and sisters.

“The legal representation contract between IPOB/Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Sir Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor are still intact. They are not Kanu’s family lawyers but IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers. We encourage our lead counsels and other members of the legal team not to be distracted or discouraged in their fight for the unconditional release of Kanu from DSS dungeon as the Courts has ordered. The agenda of IPOB and MNK’s enemies is to get the lead counsels angry and abandon Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Their agenda is dead on arrival as the lead counsels are not amateur to intimidation and blackmail.

“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu once said publicly, ‘In this Biafra struggle, I have no brothers and no sisters except IPOB members’. Therefore, any so-called brother claiming of speaking for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the DSS dungeon is making a jest of himself. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not in detention because of his family but because of Biafran’s freedom. 

“Everybody must be careful because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has gone beyond Kanu’s family. He is a leader and the face of Biafra. He is a national asset for Biafrans and must be protected from wolverine and jackals.”