United Kingdom says it is seeking clarification from Nigeria on the Arrest Nnamdi Kanu.
Gatekeepers News reports that the United Kingdom says it is seeking clarification from Nigerian government on the circumstances surrounding the arrest of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
In June, the Department of State Services (DSS), announced the arrest of the secessionist who holds British citizenship. DSS noted that Kanu was extradited to Nigeria and is to face trial for treasonable felony.
Although, Nigerian government withheld the location of his arrest, his brother, Kingsley Kanu alleged that the the Secessionist (Nnamdi Kanu) was arrested in Kenya and “handed over to Nigerian authorities who then flew him to Nigeria”.
The Kenya government, however, denied the claim that Kanu was arrested and extradited from the country to Nigeria.
Junior Minister at Britain’s foreign office, Tariq Ahmad has said the UK wants Nigeria to explain how Kanu was arrested.
Ahmad said, “We are seeking clarification from the Nigerian government about the circumstances of the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kanu.”
Ahmad also noted that Britain had requested consular access to Kanu and stands ready to provide consular assistance.
Kanu was first arrested on October 14, 2015, following years of his campaign for the sovereign state of Biafra.
The IPOB leader who was later granted bail in April 2017, fled Nigeria later that year after soldiers invaded his residence in Abia state during a military clampdown on IPOB members.
He has since piloted the affairs of IPOB from abroad.
The separatist leader was mostly in the UK from where he runs the group’s radio station, Radio Biafra, which he often engaged in fierce monologues preaching his separatist cause.
The federal government of Nigeria after arresting him, took him to the federal high court in Abuja where a judge granted the Department of State Services (DSS) order to remand him in their custody until July 26 when his trial will continue.
