Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, has fired his legal team just days after losing his quest to be released from detention.
According to a source, the change in legal team was duly reported to the legal team, which was led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a prominent legal luminary in Nigeria.
The source said; “It is true that shortly after the supreme court ruling Nnamdi Ejimakor and Nnameka Ejiofor met with our leader and he asked them to formally write the termination of the legal contract and give it to the lead counsel. They have already done that and the Senior Advocate of Nigeria has received the letter terminating the contract.
“In place of the former legal team leader, Nnamdi Kanu has approached another legal luminary from Cross River State to be holding briefs for him. They met recently and had some discussions on how best to handle his legal matters going forward but it is not clear if the former chief legal officer for Nigeria will agree to take up the brief.”
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It was also revealed that the incarcerated IPOB leader dismissed his legal team because he believed they were not doing enough to end his detention.
He is claimed to have lost faith in his legal team, which has also failed to make a compelling case for transferring him from the Department of State Services cell to the Kuje Correctional Service, where he would have more flexibility to interact with his friends and relatives.
Kanu is also alleged to be dissatisfied with his medical staff, which he believes has not done enough to provide a compelling medical report that would allow him to shift his treatment from the DSS hospital and doctors to his preferred private doctors outside Nigeria.
