Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says his client does not intend to
reshuffle his legal team handling the terrorism charge preferred against him by
the federal government.
A recent opinion piece written by Adeyemi Adegoke Olumide
claimed that Kanu contemplated changing his legal team.
Olumide alleged that the IPOB leader sought to make the move
due to trust issues.
Denying the claims in a statement on Monday, Ejiofor said
Kanu was “visibly shocked to the marrow by the news”.
He said the IPOB leader has an “unshaken and absolute
confidence in his legal team” and appreciates the efforts of the members.
“At no time did he ever contemplate, nor did it ever cross
his imagination to reshuffle his legal team. Neither did he ever discuss with
anybody, nor any member of his legal team or relatives, that he wanted to
reshuffle or disband his legal team,” Ejiofor said.
“That the narrative desperately being pushed by the 5th
columnists, was aimed at defaming, disparaging, embarrassing, provoking and
frustrating his erudite Lead Counsel – Prof. Ozekhome, SAN, into abandoning
him, on the purported premise that the offending publications were hatched by
Onyendu.
“Onyendu reiterated
his unshaken and absolute confidence in his legal team ably led by Prof. Mike
Ozekhome, SAN, and further stated that he deeply appreciates the untiring and
unmatchable efforts of Prof. Ozekhome SAN, towards securing his unconditional
release from the dungeon of the DSS, having been discharged, and his further
detention prohibited by the Court of Appeal since the 13th day of October 2022.
“That he is constantly in touch with Prof. Ozekhome, SAN, on
every routine visit, on the update in his cases, which updates he usually
received through my humble self, or the legal iroko himself.”
ON NNAMDI KANU’S
HEALTH
In the opinion piece, Adegoke claimed that the news of
Kanu’s failing health is “propaganda” to gather sympathy.
The writer said pictures from the IPOB leader’s court
hearing counter the narrative of ill health.
“He looks well-kept, plump, and healthy. Worst for the
liars, no foreign visitor, privileged to see Kanu, had come out to say he
looked bad,” the article reads.
Responding to the claims, Ejiofor said his client is
battling a “rapid depletion in his potassium level” and the condition “is
copiously verified on oath”.
He said Kanu is also due for “surgery on his left ear” but
accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of failing to allow him to
undergo the procedure.
“We respectfully wish
to clarify that Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s deteriorating health condition, with
particular reference to the rapid depletion in his potassium level, is not
within the realm of speculation in the social media platforms,” Ejiofor said.
“It is a fact copiously verified on oath, and which formed
the integral component of court processes, which are pending before the Supreme
Court and Federal High Court respectively.
“That the DSS agent
provocateur who operates by the fictitious name Adeyemi Adegoke Olumide, should
confirm from his principal why the DSS failed to carry out the recommendation
of their in-house medical doctor, Dr. Nasir Folarin, who booked Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu for surgery on his left ear in November 2022.”
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