File: Renowned human rights lawyer and former lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor
Renowned human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged residents of the South-East to reject any directive asking them to boycott the 2027 general elections, describing such a move as another “tragedy” that must not be allowed to happen in the region.
Recall that the leadership of IPOB, through its spokesman, Emma Powerful, had issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding the immediate listing and hearing of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s appeal, or face a boycott of the 2027 general election across the South-East and other parts of “Biafraland”.
The group issued the ultimatum in a press statement on Tuesday, adding that the development followed renewed concerns by Kanu’s family over the delay in hearing the appeal against the conviction and life sentence handed to the IPOB leader.
However, reacting to the development in a press statement issued on Thursday, Ejiofor insisted that any directive advocating an electoral boycott across the South-East, under whatever guise, must be unequivocally rejected, adding that the people must not permit the reopening of wounds that had taken enormous sacrifices to heal.
