IPOB fires Kanu’s lawyers, brands them mortal enemy for denying Avengers link

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has sacked Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers for denying the group’s connection with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).

The group which made public the sack of the lawyers, in a statement it released in Abuja, accused them of going to press to make public statement on negotiation between Kanu and the Federal Government as well as on the Avengers without consultation with the group.

Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, the two signatories to the statement said, “As a result of these unsolicited and unguarded utterances, the defence team has been sacked and will be replaced.

“The IPOB leader wishes to state categorically that the only thing we are open to is negotiation that will lead to modalities and processes to restore Biafra and avert further hardships on the people of Nigeria who have been under bondage since his kidnapping and illegal detention.

“The Niger Delta Avengers arose because of the inherent injustice in Nigeria as manifested in the disregard to the rule of law when Buhari refused to obey court order to unconditionally release our leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

“We spoke the mind of our leader when we stated for record purposes that IPOB and Niger Delta Avengers share the same ideology of freedom for Biafra. Anybody publicly dissociating IPOB from Niger Delta Avengers is a mortal enemy of IPOB family worldwide under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu.

“Let it be known that as long as Buhari and Daura continue to tamper with Nnamdi Kanu’s defence team through bribery, inducements and intimidation, IPOB will keep on changing the team.

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“For the records, the press conference by the now-sacked legal team was about bringing to public knowledge the foolishness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in bringing treasonable felony charges against our leader and the lack of evidence thereof.

“The press conference was never about negotiations because should negotiations start, IPOB will notify the world about it. Right now, we are not negotiating and will not negotiate until existing court orders ordering the release of Nnamdi Kanu are obeyed.

“In the interim, Ifeanyi Ejiofor will continue to act as lead counsel until other counsels are appointed who will not sell their souls to the devil. Biafra or death!!!”

The lawyers, Ifeanyi Ejiofor and Amoebi Nzelu, during a recent press conference, expressed Kanu’s willingness to negotiate with the Federal Government, denying that IPOB has any connection with Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) and Avengers.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

 

 

 

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