BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Sacks IPOB Lawyers? Fresh Fact Emerges
- IPOB counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has dismissed the claim that he and his colleague, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, has been sacked from representing Nnamdi Kanu in court
- Ejiofor in his response to the claim that the family of the embattled leader of proscribed IPOB, said that Nnamdi Kanu directly employed him and Ozekhome in 2015
- The legal practitioner added that he still has the letter given to him by Kanu in 2015 with him and that the purported termination of the contract by the IPOB leader's family would not stand
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FCT, Abuja - Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has dismissed the report that he and his colleague, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, have been relieved of their service from the Nnamdi Kanu case.
According to The Punch, the legal practitioners made the dismissal while reacting to the claim that their contracts with the leader of the proscribed IPOB have been terminated by the Kanu's family.
Source: UGC
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyers dismiss report of contract termination
The report claimed that the younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, Kingsley, popularly called Kanunta Kanu, announced the termination of the family's contract with the senior advocates.
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But in his reaction on Friday, June 16, Ejiofor dismissed the press statement, adding that he and other lawyers were at the DSS headquarters with Kanu for a brief on the issues related to the cases in court.
he added that their discussion also included the forthcoming hearing at the federal high court in Abuja on June 20, noting that the concern issue was about the deteriorating medical condition of the embattled IPOB leader.
We are still in charge of Nnamdi Kanu's case, IPOB lawyers claim
He described the purported disengagement as the work of the mischief makers, adding that he was directly employed by Nnamdi Kanu and Kingsley or Emmanuel.
The statement reads in part:
“My letters of engagement issued to me in 2015 by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are still with me to date."
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Legit.ng earlier reported that the PRP presidential candidate, Kola Abiola, has said his administration would not tolerate secessionist groups if elected as president.
Abiola said secessionists' activities are unconstitutional and are threats to the unity of Nigeria as a country.
According to the presidential hopeful, the only thing that can make him not to deal with secessionists is when their actions are not threatening Nigeria's unity.
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