Ejiofor, ex-Kanu’s lawyer confirms return of $19,000 USD to Kanu

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By Nwabueze Okonkwo

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

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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.

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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”.

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“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”.

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“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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