The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has insisted that its leader Nnamdi Kanu's former personal counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, remains sacked as the group's lawyer, rejecting his claim of reinstatement. Kanu had, in a letter dated July 22 written from the Sokoto Correctional Centre, formally terminated Ejiofor's role as both his personal lawyer and IPOB's counsel, explaining that the letter simply put in writing a dismissal he had already communicated verbally.

In the letter, Kanu withdrew any authority previously granted to Ejiofor to represent him, his family or IPOB in any capacity, citing the group's Code of Conduct as giving him sole power to appoint or dismiss principal officers. He directed Ejiofor to stop making public statements or presenting himself as counsel on behalf of him or the group, and warned that confidential information obtained during the lawyer's years of representation remains legally protected, reserving the right to pursue legal action over any breach.

Ejiofor responded publicly, claiming he had been reinstated through a separate letter from IPOB leadership and alleging that Kanu had been threatening him even from prison. IPOB, in a statement from spokesman Emma Powerful, dismissed the reinstatement claim as false, saying any such attempt by "expelled elements" was dead on arrival. The group accused Ejiofor of sabotage, pointing to an incident where he returned to court alone after Kanu boycotted proceedings, and later visited the Department of State Services to persuade Kanu to resume attending — actions IPOB said amounted to compromise that helped keep its leader in detention. IPOB also rejected Ejiofor's claim that the original dismissal letter was unauthenticated, saying it had been properly notarized by a lawyer in Sokoto.