Nigeria, July 29 -- On 22 July, Nnamdi Kanu, convicted leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) officially disengaged his longtime lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor.

But that was not the only thing he did. Mr Kanu went ahead to warn Mr Ejiofor against disclosing "confidential and privileged information" about himself and IPOB which the lawyer acquired in the course of his legal representation.

The IPOB leader told his former lawyer that those "confidential and privileged information" are "legally protected information."

He also warned the lawyer that his formal disengagement does not give him the freedom to disclose such information.

"Those obligations of confidence survive the termination of your retainer and remain binding in...