The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday described the lawyers who filed contempt charges against its Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, over the continued detention of embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele as “charge and bail lawyers”.
In a series of tweets posted via its official handle, the service alleged that the lawyers were headed by an “overzealous and uninformed IPoB/ESN lawyer”.
IPoB is the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra seeking separating from Nigeria, while ESN is its paramilitary organisation.
The service said: “Charge and bail, overzealous uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara mobilises other like-minded lawyers against DGSS. Futile Efforts. Well, Nigerians, beware! This is in bad faith. Transferred aggression.
“A Biafran Republic agitator and Outlawed IPOB counsel defending the suspended CBN Governor. Is IPOB defending one of theirs?
“What a contradiction. what’s the connection? Is someone telling us something? May Maxwell be properly educated on points of law, please”.
Some lawyers had reportedly filed a contempt charge against Bichi over alleged disobedience to multiple judgments and orders of the court directing the release of Emefiele from the custody of the agency.
The lawyers were led by Maxwell Okpara, one of the counsels to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled IPoB leader who has been in detention.
