Ex-Kanu Lawyer Ejiofor Confirms $19,000 Returned To IPOB Leader

Former lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has confirmed returning $19,000 allegedly paid into his account in error by IPOB leaders at the beginning 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 has become necessary to place the
facts on record.

According to him, “this payment in question 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 and 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, adding, these documents will speak eloquently for
themselves”.

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