Tobi Adebayo
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has denied that his legal team staged a walkout from the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday.
ThisNigeria reported that the Federal Government had accused Kanu’s lawyers of walking out of the court after some of his legal team, including his American lawyer, Bruce Fein was denied access into the court premises for the continuation of Kanu’s trial.
Justice Binta Nyako was forced to adjourn the trial after no lawyer appeared for Nnamdi Kanu after the case was called.
Reacting to the incident, Ejiofor while speaking on Arise News on Thursday said that they did not walk out of the courtroom, adding that their belongings were still in there when the case was adjourned.
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“There was no walkout in the court, what happened was that lawyers were denied access into the courtroom. It happened last adjourned date and we brought this to the attention of the court. We mentioned our frustration to the court.
“Not only lawyers but the media also were not allowed to come in too. We were trying to solve it outside the court; I narrowly escaped being lynched by my colleagues last adjourned date. So we were trying to resolve it because it is something we consider worrying about. The courtroom is our jurisdiction, where we belong.
“All of us, we were at the door court, discussing it, trying to resolve this issue, and our bags were inside the courtroom. So, there was no walkout whatsoever,” he said.
