The United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee has published a
damning report against its government’s handling of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s case.
This followed evidence provided by Kanu’s family through
their lawyers, the Bindmans LLP, Blackstone Chambers & Doughty Street
Chambers.
The report forwarded by Kanu’s Special
Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, reads partly: “The Foreign Affairs Committee, has
published a damning report, concluding that the UK government is failing to
prevent “Abductor states” from “weaponising citizenship of British nationals
for geopolitical ends”.
“The report draws on evidence provided by the Kanu family in relation to British national Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader who was abducted and tortured in Kenya by the Nigerian security forces and subject to extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in June 2021, where he has remained in detention ever since.
“The FAC’s report is a damning indictment of the
government’s efforts to assist British nationals subject to serious violations
abroad and unfortunately reflects the experience of Mr Kanu’s family in trying
to engage the FCDO in his case.”
The report said Kanu’s family would appeal against the UK
High Court judgment that the FCDO can lawfully evade reaching any conclusion on
whether Kanu has been subject to extraordinary rendition.
The report pointed out recommendations to combat the failure
of the UK government to assist Kanu over the violation of human rights.
The report was subjected to Kanu’s abduction and
repatriation from Kenya to Nigeria in 2022.
Security agents had picked up Kanu in Kenya and subjected
him to extraordinary rendition after he left Nigeria in 2017 despite his
ongoing trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
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