Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu on Monday evening said that his client is warning rumour-mongers to desist from alleging that his brother, Kanunta Kanu, and one his aides, Carolyn Okorafor have a hand in his arrest in Kenya.
In a statement signed by Ejiofor and his colleague, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s legal team said the Biafra separatist leader is “pained” by the ‘false allegation’ consistently leveled against his associates, by some of his followers.
Ejiofor’s statement, obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA reads: “IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Onyendu has directed us to debunk the mischievous allegations that Kanunta Kanu, Carolyn Okoroafor & Nnennaya Anya have a hand in his abduction. He’s pained by such vicious allegations & he demands retraction.
Signed: Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor & Barr. Aloy Ejimakor.”
IPOB wants a swathe of the southeast, homeland of the Igbo ethnic group, to split from Nigeria. An attempt to secede in 1967 as the Republic of Biafra triggered a three-year civil war that killed more than 1 million people.
Before his rearrest in June 2021, Kanu was first arrested in 2015, but disappeared while on bail in April 2017. His social media posts made from the diaspora, and his Radio Biafra broadcasts, outraged the federal government of Nigeria, which they said encouraged attacks on security forces.
Kanu’s trial is slated for November 10 in Abuja.
I am proud of Nnamdi Kau, proud to be Igbo, at least the World have known that Igbos are aware that they are cheated and suppressed in one contraption Called Nigeria,we are making attempt to the world know unlike some that surfers same calamity with us, but are not even aware,our people say”the reason why the chicken shouts when held is to let the world to, even if it can’t help, but to at least hear it’s voice”.Go to History,you can’t hold an Igbo down an expect him to summit.This is the spirit of the struggle,we will continue and after us,the next generation.