Speaking on Tuesday, Kanu said he would no longer tolerate a defamation of character against IPOB and the legal team.

The IPOB lead Counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, disclosed this in a declaration to newsmen in Owerri, after they had visited Kanu, at the detention facility of the Department of State Security, DSS, in Abuja, last Monday.

Kanu stated those behind the smear campaign should be seen as traitors.

Ejiofor while pricing estimate Kanu, he said: “Consistent with the surviving order of the court, we, paid our routine go to on Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We availed ourselves of the chance managed by the check out to brief Onyendu on numerous concerns.

“First, we familiarized him with the level of preparedness for the preliminary skirmishes that will occur in court in the criminal charge chosen against him. As you all know, procedures in the criminal charge will resume on the 16th immediate.

“Second, we informed him on the defamation of character orchestrated against my excellent self by traitors and desperate opponents of the battle, focused on triggering disharmony within the fold and needlessly producing ill feelings.

“Onyendu was thoroughly embarrassed by the utter infantile mendacity intrinsic in the defamation of character and the unimpressive, unintelligent, wobbling, and badly considered method that informed the whole endeavour. He encouraged that I ought to quickly overlook and consign the halfhearted attempt of such a despicable lot to the garbage bin and withstand every effort by them to distract me. He was not rattled or worried by the news of the defamation of character but rather re-emphasised the unshaken trust and self-confidence he has actually constantly reposed in me.”

“He observed that any true child of Igbo land that chooses to take the enjoyment of making derogatory or disparaging publications against my good self or any of his other lawyers is guilty of inexpensive blackmail and need to be pitied for condescending to an abysmal level. Such an individual should be seen, not only as a contemptuous servant however also as an irredeemable traitor to the whole Igbo race.

“Further, Onyendu warned that he will not tolerate any kind of distraction, department or in-fighting in his tranquil movement. He commended the devoted officials at the helm of affairs of the movement for living up to expectation,” IPOB stated.

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