Ejiofor, Ex-Kanu’s Lawyer, Confirms Return Of $19,000 USD To Kanu

By Chuks Eke—

Former counsel to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), has confirmed that he returned $19,000 US dollars claimed to have been erroneously paid into his bank account by the IPoB leadership at the inception of Kanu’s trial.

In a press statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday, titled “Important clarification to discerning minds”, Ejiofor noted that, for the sake of clarity and in deference to the truth, it had become necessary to place the facts on record.

According to him, “this payment was immediately retrieved by Nnamdi Kanu through a formal correspondence addressed to me, wherein he insisted that the payment had been made in error and not for the purpose it was later alleged to represent.”

“Consequently, and strictly in compliance with Kanu’s express instruction, the funds were returned on the very same day they were credited to my account.

“The account details of the proxy designated by him to receive the said sum were promptly provided, and I accordingly transferred back the money to him without delay.”

“Furthermore, the instruction authorising the retrieval of the funds was expressly issued by Nnamdi Kanu through a communication that remains in my possession.

“For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of complete transparency, I shall soon publish both the transaction receipt evidencing the return of the funds and the account details of the proxy to whom the money was transferred. These documents will speak eloquently for themselves.”