By Jonathan Okpanachi
The lead counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Barr Aloy Ejimakor, has interrogated the tacit position of Great Britain towards the freedom of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Our correspondent reports that UK is yet to either condemn or demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a UK citizen, from the custody of Nigeria’s State Security Service in Abuja since 2021.
Kanu is being detained over alleged terrorism. The constant reshuffling of the charges against him by the federal government has been on the lips of many analysts questioning if indeed his ordeal is not politically motivated.
Recall that he was arrested in Kenya and renditioned to Nigeria in a manner that violates international laws as well as various charters and treaties which Nigeria is signatory to. Former president Muhammadu Buhari’s government had refused to release him when the Court of Appeal in Abuja acquitted and discharged him on the basis that his arrest in Kenya amounted to extraordinary rendition.
Ejimakor ‘s assertion is stemmed from the fact that Kanu travelled to Kenya as a British citizen when he was arrested, and renditioned to Nigeria.
The lead counsel recalled via his X that, “In 1984, Great Britain treated Buhari’s attempt to rendition Umaru Dikko as a hostage case. Now, US is doing the same for its citizen. What’s stopping Great Britain from standing up for her renditioned citizen: MAZI NNAMDI KANU? Whither the ‘greatness’ in Great Britain?”
