Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the immediate past lead attorney for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, has called the dismissal of 50 alleged members of the group that supports Biafra by a Federal High Court in Abuja a “Christmas gift.”
Daily Post reported that Ejiofor was responding to the Abuja Federal High Court’s decision to exonerate and discharge fifty suspected IPOB members.
Recall that on December 1, 2023, Nigerian security forces detained the 50 suspected IPOB members in Anambra State as they were en route to attend a funeral. After that, they were bundled up and taken to Abuja, where they were accused of terrorism.
Ejiofor responded to the release of the suspects by calling the decision a “Christmas victory gift.”
In a post on X, Ejiofor said, “What an awesome Christmas Victory/Gift—please, Ezigbo Umuchineke, join us in appreciating the Almighty ChukwuOkike Abiama that He has done it again, today!”
“The Federal High Court of Nigeria, sitting in Abuja, has just discharged and acquitted 50 Biafrans, consisting of both young/old men and women, illegally held since the 1st day of December 2023. This calls for not only celebration but a victory dance.”
“At the end of the prosecution’s case, we filed a no-case submission, for which the court ruled upon today.”
“In a well-considered, incisive, profound, and erudite judgment delivered this morning, being the 29th day of November 2024, by an erudite jurist—his lordship, Hon. Justice J.K. Omotosho—the court comprehensively upheld our ‘no case’ submission.”
“And consequently discharged these innocent Biafrans on all three counts and accordingly acquitted them too.”
Ejiofor also took advantage of the occasion to mention that this case was handled pro bono. He said that they have never received a kobo from any of the family members of the defendants and that they have no plans to do so tomorrow.
He thanked his knowledgeable chambers colleagues for their hard work in pursuing this defense alongside him and for successfully filling in for him when necessary.
Additionally, he thanked Bar Chimmuanya Emenari, Bar Habila Turshak, all of Ezigbo UMUCHINEKE, and their unwavering supporters for their unwavering support.
