Why Nnamdi Kanu fired his legal team

Why Nnamdi Kanu fired his legal team

Consequent upon the press conference granted on Friday the 12th of August 2016 by the erstwhile legal team representing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the legal team was dismissed hours after the press conference took place. A lawyer’s duty to his client is to represent the interest of his client and communicate with the public according to the brief and instructions received from the client. Anything detracting from this time-tested usage in the legal profession simply amounts to a breach of trust. 

On the aforementioned date, the legal team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made some factually incorrect assertions to the effect that their client the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, disassociated himself from fellow Biafran Freedom fighters the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). It needs to be stated unequivocally that nothing is further from the fact and from the truth as this misinformation that emanated from the legal representatives because they have either deliberately or negligently went beyond their brief to dabble into issues that are not within their area of competence. 

The result of this false representation of facts is the immediate termination of the services of the legal team. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has never minced words when he said on different occasions that the restoration of the sovereignty of the Biafran Nation is a project ordained in heaven and a task assigned to him by CHUKWUOKIKEABIAMA and cannot therefore be derailed by either explicit or implicit acts of mortal men. It is with this understanding that IPOB which he leads state without any equivocation that the only negotiation that should be undertaken is that negotiation that deals exclusively with modalities and procedures to the restoration of Biafran sovereignty and independence.

The emergence of the Niger Delta Avengers NDA is a natural outcome of decades of intrinsic injustice that abound in the contraption called Nigeria where rule of law is nonexistent and flagrant disobedience to competent judicial pronouncements as exemplified by Hitler Buhari’s disregard and refusal to obey the order of court directing the unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In case anyone needs reminding, the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB is led by “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, his ideology for the restoration of Biafran sovereignty is the same ideology being implemented by the leadership of IPOB. It goes therefore without saying that the open and unambiguous statement from IPOB that both Biafran freedom fighting movements to wit; IPOB and NDA are propelled by a shared ideology and pursue the same objective. Any person or group of persons or organization overtly or covertly disassociating IPOB from the freedom fighting movement Niger Delta Avengers has become a certified enemy of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB led by “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. 

IPOB want to state explicitly that any legal representative of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu must not only believe in his ideology but must exhibit that belief in words and action as this is the only way to appropriately and diligently represent him in the court of law. For the benefit of those who may either be wondering or misconstrue the purpose of that infamous press conference held by the former legal team, the brief of the team was to expose and bring to the public domain the silliness of the Nigeria’s department of State Security services (SSS) in charging our leader with the offence of treasonable felony. A charge that is deficient in merit and in evidence. The press conference was NEVER meant for and the legal team was NEVER mandated to go beyond and above their area of specialization to dabble into issues of negotiation and the freedom fighting movement NDA. The issue of negotiation is a non-starter as long as the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, remains illegally held against his will and all court pronouncements in his favour are yet to be carried out to the letter.

Provisionally, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor continues to act as lead counsel pending when new counsels who will not sell their souls to the devil are appointed. There will be no retreat and no surrender in our match to freedom. When IPOB say “Biafra or death,” we are merely restating what our fore fathers have taken a stand on. 

Our National Anthem reads:

“Land of rising sun, we love and cherish, Beloved homeland of our brave heroes; We must defend our lives or we shall perish, We shall protect our hearts from all our foes; But if the price is death for all we hold dear, Then let us die without a shred of fear.” 

Signed Chika Edoziem 

IPOB Europe