Legal practitioner, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has slammed Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, after his appeal against the Federal Government proscription of IPOB failed at the Court of Appeal.

According to Ejiofor who used to be the lawyer handling IPOB 's case, Ejimakor misrepresented facts on the judgment handed down on January 30, 2025.

In a statement , he said, "I had no involvement in the conduct of the Appeal after it was clandestinely taken over from me by Machukwu Ume SAN and Aloy Ejimakor, in 2022."

He said Ejimakor 's legal team amended the entire processes he filed on Appeal, "including our briefs and consequently introduced additional grounds of appeal, the basis of which I am not in a position to explain, particularly regarding the ground(s) for their abysmal outing/dismissal of the Appeal."

He said when their gimmicks became obvious that they were routing towards taking over the Appeal, he specifically requested the Senior Advocate leading them not to include his name on any processes they were filing because he had taken a bow.

"The records are clear - Aloy Ejimakor, who is now attempting to cause mischief by deceptively including my name in their woeful outing on Appeal, has consistently provided updates on the progress of the Appeal when they were effectively prosecuting it, without ever mentioning me. It is therefore suspicious that he now seeks to involve me after the Appeal's dismissal, by publishing a document wherein my name curiously appears in the list of those who represented the Appellant.

"As the primary force behind taking over the Appeal, Aloy Ejimakor and his team are fully responsible for its outcome. He should be held accountable for details of what happened in their case on Appeal, what led to their unsuccessful Appeal, rather than dragging my name into his failed legal outing. I urge him to refrain from associating me with his missteps and to take responsibility for his actions.

"I am not surprised that the master strategist is relentlessly seeking to associate me with failure, for which I will profusely resist and reject.

"Let it be clear that I distance myself from the proceedings and the outcome of the Appeal. Any attempt to mislead the public by linking me to it in any way, is both deceptive and unacceptable, and will not be treated with kids' glove," he said.

Meanwhile, Ejimakor has exclusively told MyNigeria that IPOB will be heading to the Supreme Court to challenge the Federal Government's declaration of the organization as a terror group.