Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor says he voluntarily withdrew from personal legal representation for jailed IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in December 2023, rather than being removed through Kanu’s later directive. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ejiofor clarifies that he disengaged from acting as Kanu’s counsel, family lawyer, or legal representative in December 2023, adding that any suggestion otherwise is a distortion of facts. Ejiofor also argues that Kanu’s later written instruction does not retroactively affect the status of his law firm’s professional relationship with IPOB as an organisation. He states that IPOB has reaffirmed his firm as its solicitors and legal representatives, and that the firm continues to hold a valid and continuing retainer. Reports say he links his firm’s ongoing role to the discharge and acquittal of more than 200 alleged IPOB members across courts in Abuja, Ebonyi and Abia between December 2023 and 2025. Ejiofor further questions the authenticity of communications allegedly issued by inmates, citing requirements under the Nigerian Correctional Service Act for properly authenticated correspondence by the officer in charge. Sources also reference Kanu’s July 22 letter terminating Ejiofor’s services and warning against unauthorized disclosures.
Kanu’s ex-lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor says IPOB reaffirmed him as its solicitors
Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor says he voluntarily withdrew from personal legal representation for jailed IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in December 2023, rather than being removed through Kanu’s later directive....
- Ifeanyi Ejiofor says he voluntarily withdrew from representing Nnamdi Kanu personally in December 2023.
- He says Kanu’s later directive cannot retroactively change his firm’s retainer and role as IPOB’s solicitors.
- Ejiofor claims IPOB reaffirmed his firm as solicitors and legal representatives.
- He warns against relying on unverified inmate communications and says correspondence must be properly authenticated under the Nigerian Correctional Service Act.
- Sources cite Kanu’s July 22 letter directing Ejiofor to stop representing Kanu, his family, and IPOB and to withdraw from pending matters.
Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor clarifies his withdrawal from representing Nnamdi Kanu in December 2023 and warns against unverified inmate communications.
1 hour agoBarrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor has insisted that he remains the retained lawyer for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), despite a recent directive from the group’s jailed leader, Nnamdi Kanu, terminating his services. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ejiofor clarified that he voluntarily withdrew from representing Nnamdi Kanu personally in December 2023, nearly three years before Kanu’s latest directive from the Sokoto Correctional Centre. The senior lawyer maintained that since December 2023, he has not acted as Kanu’s personal counsel, family lawyer, or legal representative. He described any claims to the contrary as a deliberate distortion of facts. Ejiofor emphasised that his law firm continues to hold a valid and continuous retainer as solicitors to IPOB as an organisation. He noted that the firm has successfully secured the discharge and acquittal of more than 200 alleged IPOB members in courts across Abuja, Ebonyi, and Abia states between December 2023 and 2025. He explained that Kanu did not independently appoint the firm as solicitors to IPOB; his involvement was limited to personal legal representation, from which Ejiofor said he had already disengaged. “IPOB, as an organisation, has today reaffirmed our standing as its solicitors and legal representatives. That professional relationship is founded upon a continuing mandate and cannot be retrospectively altered, invalidated, or otherwise dictated by its former leaders,” Ejiofor stated. The lawyer also questioned the authenticity of communications purportedly issued by inmates from correctional facilities. He referenced the Nigerian Correctional Service Act, stressing that such correspondence must be properly authenticated by the officer in charge. Kanu’s July 22 letter had formally terminated Ejiofor’s services, directing him to stop representing him, his family, or IPOB, cease public statements on their behalf, and withdraw from all pending matters. Kanu also warned against unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
2 hours agoBarrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor has insisted that he voluntarily withdrew from representing the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, in December 2023, nearly three years before Kanu’s recent directive terminating his legal services. Ejiofor made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday, days after Kanu announced from the Sokoto Correctional […] ‘IPOB reaffirmed me as its lawyer’ – Ifeanyi Ejiofor insists
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