The British High Commission has revealed that it will initiate talks with the Federal Government to seek clarification on the circumstances and legali
Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson for the British High Commission, added that the United Kingdom would expect any legal trial or proceeding to follow due process.
Kanu, who is also a British citizen, was arrested on Sunday and extradited to Nigeria to face trial for alleged treason. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), said on Tuesday that the IPOB leader was “intercepted through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and security services.”
He did not state where the separatist leader was arrested, but The Cable learnt that Kanu, who is based in the UK, was lured to an African country with a promise of cash donations and was then picked up.
Kanu was first arrested on October 14, 2015, following years of his campaign for the sovereign state of Biafra.
He was granted bail in April 2017 but fled Nigeria in 2017 after soldiers invaded his residence in Abia state during a military clampdown on IPOB members.
It has been difficult for the government to re-arrest him since then due in part to his UK citizenship.
While in the UK, he set up a militant arm of IPOB whose aim, according to Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, is to “halt every criminal activity and terrorist attack on Biafraland.”
But the emergence of the security outfit coincided with a spike in violent attacks in the southeast, with security agents mostly targeted.
