The human rights lawyer argued that the military's aggressive intervention in purely religious affairs amounts to an illegal usurpation of police powers, challenging the armed forces on whether they would enforce a similar ban on Muslim faithful seeking to pray for their dead.
Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has launched a fierce counter-attack against the Nigerian Army, describing its ban on church memorial services for victims of the Nigerian civil war as "provocative, insensitive, and anti-Igbo."
Ejimakor lashed out at the military high command on Saturday, May 30, 2026, via an official post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, while reacting to the military's declaration of a regional church remembrance directive as illegal.
The human rights lawyer argued that the military's aggressive intervention in purely religious affairs amounts to an illegal usurpation of police powers, challenging the armed forces on whether they would enforce a similar ban on Muslim faithful seeking to pray for their dead.
"Dear Nigerian Army: This your declaration is provocative, insensitive & anti-Igbo," Ejimakor fired back. "It’s even funny & usurps police powers. What’s illegal about CHRISTIANS doing prayers for those who died in the unjust civil war? Would you do this to MUSLIMS? An immediate retraction is warranted."
