Friday 12 August 2016

IPOB sack Kanu's defence team for their Anti-Avengers statement

Kanu in court

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Today being Friday announced sack of lawyers representing its leader Nnamdi Kanu in his on-going treason trial for misleading the general public on the relationship with Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and the reported Federal government negotiation.

Barr. Nnamdi Ejiofor, one of the counsels to Kanu, had at a press briefing, while asserting that Kanu has  expressed the willingness of his group to negotiate with the Federal Government to end the agitation for self-governance, also disowned the Niger Delta Avengers as well as MEND over their reported negotiation with the Federal Government.
However, in a press statement released today August 12 and signed by‎ Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, spokespersons for IPOB‎, reaffirmed their unflinching support for NDA.

The statement read:
 Following the press conference earlier today by our legal team, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Worldwide has been reliably and incontrovertibly informed that some of the utterances of their defence lawyers were made without consultation.
These utterances border on negotiations and some were against the Niger Delta Avengers. As as a result of this 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 negotiations 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.”
It added that “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, Barrister 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!


IPOB sack defence team for misleading the public Ife Olori 44 minutes ago 14808 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send email – The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has released a press statement concerning Nnamdi Kanu’s position on the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and federal government negotiations – The leader of the separatist group jointly with other IPOB members have sacked its lawyers for misleading general public on their relationship with the NDA The official press statement released on August 12 and signed by Barrister Emma Nmezu, Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, the spokespersons for IPOB, reads in part:
Read more: https://www.naij.com/927106-just-nnamdi-kanu-sacks-lawyers-attacking-niger-delta-avengers.html

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