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Ejiofor Sounds Like Someone Enjoying S/East Crisis – Orji Uzor Kalu Roasts Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer
he Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed disappointment over feedback made by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer of IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu.
Press Informant stories that Ejiofor had slammed the previous Abia State governor for visiting his shopper with out him being current for such assembly.
Whereas accusing the lawmaker of breaking protocol, Ejiofor stated his go to to the IPOB chief within the custody of the Division of State Providers violated courtroom orders.
Reacting in a press release on Wednesday, Orji Uzor Kalu expressed disappointment with the assertion launched by Ejiofor, stressing that the lawyer is just offended he couldn’t take heed to his dialog with Nnamdi Kanu.
In response to Kalu, the IPOB chief’s lawyer appeared like somebody who’s having fun with the disaster rocking the Southeast area.
He additionally denied taking photos with Kanu in the course of the go to, including that the photographs presently in curculation have been taken when he visited the IPOB chief on the Nigerian Correctional Service Medial Safety Custodial Centre, Kuje in 2016 and later, his dad and mom in 2017.
Orji Uzor Kalu’s assertion learn, “It has come to my discover, the assertion issued by one of many counsels to Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, during which I’m very disillusioned in him. He rightly acknowledged that I used to be scheduled to go to his shopper and on the identical time, claimed that I violated the rules stipulated for visiting his shopper. In response to him, he was imagined to be current on the 2pm assembly on Monday.
“A number of folks, together with Barrister Ejiofor, have tried to misread and misinform the general public about my go to to my brother, Nnamdi. I additionally learn a report stating that I took photos with Nnamdi and likewise tweeted identical on my Twitter account.
“For the data, the Division of State Providers (DSS) didn’t break any protocol throughout my go to as I fulfilled all the necessities anticipated of me earlier than I noticed Nnamdi. The DSS affirmed that I can’t see Nnamdi with out the applying of his legal professionals which I diligently did.
“Most likely, Barrister Ejiofor could have anticipated me to reach at 4pm for a scheduled 2pm go to. What many individuals confer with as “African time” is just not my fashion. I strictly preserve to time and it’s a self-discipline I’ve upheld since my childhood. I arrived the DSS headquarters at 1:50 PM ; went via the required protocols and met Nnamdi at 2:17 PM. I stayed with him till 2: 57 PM. Though he requested that I stayed longer however I needed to depart due to different engagements.
“Throughout my go to to Nnamdi, I didn’t even take my cell phone alongside and no {photograph} was taken. The {photograph} persons are circulating was the one I took with him after I visited him on the Nigerian Correctional Service Medial Safety Custodial Centre, Kuje in 2016 and later, his dad and mom in 2017. My Twitter account has additionally been inactive .
“I don’t additionally know if Barrister Ejiofor is conscious that Nnamdi is just not below compulsion to see anybody. If he didn’t wish to see me, he might have as properly declined, however he was glad to see me and likewise expressed deep appreciations.
“Ejiofor’s anger appears to be borne out of vexation of not being round to take heed to our conversations. He appears like somebody who’s a beneficiary of the disaster. Individuals like him could not see the financial injury the Southeast is experiencing due to the weekly sit-at-home. He doesn’t perceive that individuals can protest in peace with out disrupting financial actions and going violent. He doesn’t perceive that there are folks whose livelihood solely is determined by day by day hustle. In case you have folks’s curiosity at coronary heart, it’s best to as properly contemplate their safety, financial prosperity and peaceable livelihood.
“I name on Ejiofor to be patriotic, rise above primordial and pecuniary curiosity and put the curiosity of the folks of the Southeast and the nation first.”
Ejiofor Sounds Like Somebody Having fun with S/East Disaster
