Former legal representative to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged prominent Igbo leaders to spearhead a strategic, high-level push for the freedom of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the human rights lawyer stressed that Kanu’s case has reached a point where sentimental debates and scattered advocacy efforts are no longer sufficient.
According to him, what is now required is a carefully coordinated alliance of influential Igbo figures capable of navigating the political and legal complexities surrounding the matter.
Ejiofor described Kanu’s prolonged detention as a challenge that sits at the intersection of politics, diplomacy, public perception, and intricate legal processes.
He argued that only a unified, credible and well-structured intervention—rather than emotional reactions or public grandstanding—can successfully move the case toward a resolution.
He explained that the responsibility should fall on a select group of Igbo leaders whose track records and integrity are beyond dispute. Though he declined to name them, he emphasized that such figures must come from the highest levels of the South-East’s political environment: including state executives, federal appointees of Igbo origin, and respected national personalities with considerable influence in Nigeria’s political space.
Ejiofor added that after this coalition of political heavyweights is established, the next critical phase would be assembling a world-class team of legal experts. This legal group, he said, would take charge of steering the delicate appellate processes and other judicial steps necessary to secure Kanu’s release.
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He concluded that the time for fragmented efforts has passed, insisting that only a united, strategic, and influential Igbo-led initiative stands a real chance of achieving the long-awaited breakthrough.
