Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq., the legal counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has revealed that he had survived five attempts at assassination during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ejiofor detailed the terrifying events he went through between 2015 and 2021 in a statement titled “Crucial Clarifications Regarding The Case/Trial Of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” which was made public on Monday. He claimed that people acting under specific orders made five separate attempts to take his life.
Ejiofor made it clear that his involvement in supporting IPOB, also known as Ezigbo Umuchineke, and protecting Nnamdi Kanu was the real reason behind these assassination attempts, rather than any illegal behaviour on his part.
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“I joined Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team in December, 2015 and eventually took on the role of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s lead Counsel and also as the IPOB General/Lead Counsel in January, 2016,” he said adding, “Since 2015, I have diligently performed my professional duties in defending Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB while upholding ethical standards.”
“Despite achieving significant and unprecedented victories/milestone in securing the release of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other comrades in 2017 and 2018 respectively, I have also worked tirelessly to secure the release of numerous IPOB members from detention facilities – both at the federal and state levels – possibly numbering in their thousands.”
Ejiofor said that his efforts had consequences, pointing out that there were attempts by both governmental and non-governmental organisations to take his life through a variety of unfair means. One such incident was Nigerian security personnel invading his ancestral home in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State.
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He disclosed that the funding for this “murderous operation” came from a member of his own community, whom he characterised as a malicious entity.
Ejiofor said, “During this operation, many civilians were murdered in their prime and over 30 houses were burnt, all in a bid to eliminate me at all costs and by any means for being Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Attorney and IPOB Lead counsel.
“Since their evil mission was not completely accomplished on the 2nd of December 2019, another bloody invasion of my ancestral home was carried out in June 2021, this time with specifics, confirming my availability at the time of invasion.
“Acting on this strong lead, my house was invaded at the wee hours of the morning of 6th of June 2021, and my personal assistant in the person of Mr. Samuel Okoro was gruesomely murdered, his dead body dumped in the boot of my car and subsequently set ablaze at Neni, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.
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“Three of my wards, to wit; Ugochukwu Lawrence, Felix Okafor and Ikenna Chibuike abducted during this bloody invasion are still in detention till date, even as I struggle day in and day out to secure their release. Between the year 2015 and 2021, I have escaped five consecutive brutal assassination attempts ostensibly carried out by those who were on specific instruction to kill me by any means and at all cost, and not because I am a criminal but because I was defending Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Ezigbo Umuchineke.”
Ejiofor went on to say that the people who were trying to assassinate him had not given up.
He claimed that their methods and names had been made public, exposing them as ordinary people who had turned to cult funding in order to carry out their assassination plots.
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