How Ejiofor, Ozekhome’s failure to challenge FG’s motion cost Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom – Defence team 

Nnamdi Kanu’s defence squad has blamed his travails connected the nonaccomplishment of his erstwhile counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Ifeanyi Ejiofor, to record a preliminary objection challenging the Nigerian government’s question for a enactment of execution of the October 13, 2022, Court of Appeal judgement that freed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader.

The defence squad made the assertion successful a connection issued by Christopher Chidera, Esq., connected Saturday.

It volition beryllium recalled that Kanu precocious announced that Ejiofor nary longer represents him and IPOB arsenic ineligible counsel.

Ozekhome and Ejiofor were Kanu’s defence counsel successful his coercion proceedings earlier helium decided to correspond himself successful court.

Shedding airy connected what transpired, Chidera, connected behalf of the defence team, said Kanu was a escaped antheral aft the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him, having declared his rendition from Kenya illegal.

The lawyer said: “On October 13, 2022, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was a escaped man. The Court of Appeal had unanimously discharged him, declaring his bonzer rendition from Kenya amerciable and stripping the Federal High Court of jurisdiction. The charges were quashed. The lawsuit was over. Freedom was minutes away.

“Then came the betrayal—not from the government, which was expected to enactment lawlessly, but from the precise lawyers paid to support his liberty, Ifeanyi Ejiofor especially....