Kanu’s Lawyer Laments Shadow X Ban Over Posts About Kanu, Sowore, ‘Repentant Terrorists’
Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to the jailed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has lamented that his X account has been shadow-banned after “mass-reporting” by groups opposed to his posts.
In an update on his official X handle, Ejimakor wrote:
_“For so long, my @X account was being mass-reported by a cabal that is upset by my posts on MAZI NNAMDI KANU. Now, they’re joined by those angered by my post on @sowore & the dangerous fallacy called ‘repentant terrorists’. So, I’m being shadow-banned but no worries, no retreat.”_
Ejimakor has been a vocal critic of what he often described as Federal Government’s continued persecution of Kanu despite the fact that his agitation is protected by Article 20 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. His X account regularly posts legal updates on Kanu’s case and commentary on self-determination and human rights.
According to the post, a second group began targeting his account after he criticized the government’s policy of reintegrating “repentant” Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters. Ejimakor aligned with activist Omoyele Sowore in describing the policy as a “dangerous fallacy.”
Shadow-banning refers to the practice of limiting a user’s visibility on a platform without formal suspension. Affected accounts often see reduced engagement, with posts excluded from search results and hashtag feeds.
Ejimakor said the alleged shadow ban would not deter his advocacy. “No worries, no retreat,” he wrote.
X has not publicly commented on the claim. The platform’s policy states it may limit the reach of accounts that violate its rules, but does not notify users of “visibility filtering.”
The development comes amid heated online debate about three contentious national issues: the legal status of Nnamdi Kanu, the government’s Deradicalization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) program for former insurgents, and the role of activists like Sowore in holding the state security policy accountable.