BIAFRA: IPOB’s Lead Counsel, Ejiofor Clarifies Stance On New Seven-Count Amended Charge Filed By FG Against Kanu

IPOB’S Lead Counsel Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq. has said that the new alleged charge against his client Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has the same Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, as the one already pronounced upon and struck out by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.

Ejiofor said this while maintaining that the said intermediate court completely discharged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and further prohibited his being tried or prosecuted in any court of law in Nigeria.

He also reaffirmed the fact that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s formidable team ably led by the oracle of the Law – Chief Ozekhome SAN – has already promptly appealed to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s ruling staying execution of its judgment which had set Kanu free.

According to Ejiofor, the rumored charge was surreptitiously but clandestinely filed by the Federal Government hours after the judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered on the 13th Day of October 2022, which is even before it had received a certified true copy of the said judgment of the Court of Appeal.

He further revealed that the Federal Government did not take any step to either serve the charge on his Client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu – or on the IPOB’s lead erudite lead Counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN – after it was filed; even till this moment.

Ejiofor finally assured the members of the IPOB as well as the lovers of freedom in the diaspora that the Legal team eminently led by the legal icon of our time – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN – will be in court on Monday, the 14th of November, 2022, to tackle any underhand tactics or results in the Federal Government may have planned to achieve by sleight of hand, with a charge which has been pronounced dead like “dodo”; and permanently buried.

The release read in parts: “The attention of the Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s formidable legal team ably led by the legal Iroko of our time – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN – has been drawn to the much-publicized (but rumored) new 7 counts amended charge allegedly filed against our Indefatigable Client- Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu – by the Federal Government. From all indications, the new alleged charge has the same Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, as the one already pronounced upon and struck out by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division. The said intermediate court completely discharged Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and further prohibited his being tried or prosecuted in any court of law in Nigeria.

“The said judgment of the Court of Appeal is extant and still subsists to date, and has not been set aside by any superior court. Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s formidable team ably by the oracle of the Law – Chief Ozekhome SAN – has already promptly appealed to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s ruling staying execution of its judgment which had set Kanu free. The Appeal in respect thereto has been duly entered in Appeal No. SC/CR/1394/2022, at the Supreme Court, and is now awaiting a date for a hearing.

“It is also worthy to note that this judgment of the Court of Appeal still stands to date as the same has not been set aside by the Supreme Court. It is imperative to state therefore that on the strength of this judgment, no CHARGE of whatever nature, and under any guise, can ever be presented or stand against Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before any court of law in Nigeria.

“Our inquiry this evening upon reading about the phantom charge in the social media revealed to us that the rumored charge was surreptitiously but clandestinely filed by the Federal Government hours after the judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered on the 13th Day of October 2022. This was even before it had received a certified true copy of the said judgment of the Court of Appeal.

“The filing of the said charge was ill-informed and ill-advised, becaChiefthe Prosecutor (Federal Government), we presume and may want to believe, was not then aware of the details, full import, and implication, of the well-delivered judgment of the Court of Appeal, at the time of filing the said charge. We also want to believe that this is what has led to the Federal Government’s abandonment of the charge after it was hurriedly filed.

“It is pertinent to note also that the Federal Government did not take any step to either serve the charge on our Client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu – or on our erudite lead Counsel – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN – after it was filed; even till this moment.

“This is to doubly assure UMUCHINEKE that our legal team eminently led by the legal icon of our time – Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN – will be in court on Monday, the 14th of November, 2022, to tackle any underhand tactics or result ins the Federal Government may have planned to achieve by sleight of hand, with a charge which has been pronounced dead like “dodo”; and permanently buried.

“UMUCHINEKE should never lose sleep over this new phantom charge by the grace of God, we are equal to the task of tackling any antics from the prosecutor.

“Victory shall be ours, by God’s grace; and we move!.”