Nnamdi Kanu writes from Sokoto prison, sacks personal lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor

The jailed person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has formally terminated the services of his longtime idiosyncratic lawyer, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, and directed him to halt representing him, his family, oregon IPOB successful immoderate capacity.

In a missive dated July 22, 2026, and written from the Sokoto Correctional Centre, Kanu said Ejiofor’s engagement arsenic his idiosyncratic ineligible typical had earlier been terminated verbally, adding that the latest correspondence served arsenic ceremonial written confirmation of that decision.

Kanu besides withdrew what helium described arsenic immoderate authorization antecedently granted to Ejiofor to enactment for oregon correspond IPOB, insisting that the lawyer nary longer had immoderate express, implied oregon ostensible authorization to talk oregon enactment connected behalf of the separatist group.

Citing Section II, Subsection A of the IPOB Code of Conduct, Kanu said the powerfulness to appoint, suspend oregon disregard main officers rests exclusively with the IPOB person unless expressly delegated.

According to him, nary individual, committee oregon erstwhile bureau holder acting extracurricular the provisions of the IPOB Code of Conduct tin validly name oregon clasp ineligible representatives for the organisation.

He truthful maintained that immoderate purported mandate oregon authorization claimed by Ejiofor to correspond IPOB was nary longer recognised.

Kanu directed the lawyer to instantly cease ma...