The legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, January 28, 2025 issued a Writ of Summons against ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, the Police Public Relations Officer in a suit for defamation brought on behalf of their client, Nnamdi Kanu.
The Suit was filed at the FCT High Court for ACP Adejobi’s alleged defamatory utterances said to have been widely published, claiming that those killed by police in Owerri three days ago were IPOB members.
This was contained in a release issued and signed by the lead Counsel of the legal team, Aloy Ejimakor Esq.
In issuing instructions to file this suit, Kanu was said to have made it clear that any security agency and others engaging in media trial of his person (directly or indirectly) or peddling propaganda against IPOB would be sued to enable such an entity come to court to present their evidence.
“This is especially compelling as these false narratives can turn prejudicial against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB which still have pertinent cases pending in court.
“To this end, media houses are hereby encouraged to verify the accuracy of these anti-IPOB, anti-Nnamdi Kanu, anti-Igbo defamatory statements issuing from security agencies that beat their chests and leave the uncanny impression that they are somehow benefiting from stoking insecurity and panic by way of needless propaganda.
“For avoidance of doubt, a competent High Court had held in October 2022 that the Federal Government blatantly breached the Constitution in tagging IPOB a terrorist group and that the group was discriminatorily targeted because its membership is populated by the Igbo.
“Therefore, this tendency by security agencies to tag every criminal element encountered in South East as IPOB must stop forthwith. If it does not, we shall take prompt vigorous legal steps to protect the name of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and that of Ndigbo who are collectively defamed by this false and libelous narrative, “the document read.
