Nnamdi Kanu |
The United Kingdom
says it has been visiting the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in prison.
The Punch reported that a spokesman for the British High Commission, Mr. Joe Abuku informed the paper in an email sent to her.
The Punch reported that a spokesman for the British High Commission, Mr. Joe Abuku informed the paper in an email sent to her.
The
statement read, “We have provided assistance to Mr. Kanu since his arrest in
October last year, including visiting him regularly in prison and attending
court appearances in an observation capacity.”
The detained Biafran agitator, who is also a British citizen, had written a letter
through his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, that the British government should not
abandon him.
He had
said, “It is repeating the obvious to state that our client is a full British
citizen, by virtue of whom position he is entitled to all rights, privileges
and protection, guaranteed under the British laws and conventions.”
He also
argued that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration had violently
abused his fundamental human rights through his prolonged detention in prison
custody, adding that there was no way he would get a fair hearing.
Source: Punch
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