{"id":90433,"date":"2023-06-21T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/biafra-nnamdi-kanus-family-cant-sack-ozekhome-ejiofor-ipob"},"modified":"2023-06-21T13:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:29:01","slug":"biafra-nnamdi-kanus-family-cant-sack-ozekhome-ejiofor-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-nnamdi-kanus-family-cant-sack-ozekhome-ejiofor-ipob","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s family can\u2019t sack Ozekhome, Ejiofor \u2013 IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, insisted that the lead counsels of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Mike Ozekhome and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, have not been sacked.<\/p>\n

Emma Powerful, the IPOB\u2019s spokesman, said the statement credited to Kanu\u2019s family members that Ozekhome and Ejiofor have been sacked should be disregarded.<\/p>\n

Powerful said Ozekhome and Ejiofor are IPOB lawyers, hence can\u2019t be sacked by Kanu\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Powerful said those spreading the \u201claughable rumors\u201d that Ejiofor and Ozekhome have been sacked should desist.<\/p>\n

A statement by Powerful reads: \u201cIPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who engaged these dependable legal luminaries, are very confident in their legal prowess.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiafrans 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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\u2019s family lawyers but IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cMazi Nnamdi Kanu once said publicly, \u2018In this Biafra struggle, I have no brothers and no sisters except IPOB members\u2019. 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\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody must be careful because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has gone beyond Kanu\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, insisted that the lead counsels of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Mike Ozekhome and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, have not been sacked. Emma Powerful, the IPOB\u2019s spokesman, said the statement credited to Kanu\u2019s family members that Ozekhome and Ejiofor have been sacked should be disregarded. 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