The United Kingdom Parliament will on Wednesday commence a debate on the circumstances surrounding the recent repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
GoldenNewsNG recalls that Nnamdi Kanu was reportedly rearrested in Kenya and extradited back to Nigeria on Sunday, June 27, 2021, to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017.
The UK government had also vowed last week that it will provide consular assistance to Nnamdi Kanu, who was travelling with a British passport.
In a schedule posted on its website, the UK parliament said it will on Wednesday, July 7, discuss the alleged role of the Kenyan government in the detention and mistreatment of Mr Kanu, and the transfer of the POB leader to Nigeria against his will.
According to the document, Lord Alton of Liverpool will be raising the issue at the House of Lords and will ask the British government on Kanu’s repatriation to Nigeria.
“To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the alleged role of the government of Kenya in the detention and alleged mistreatment of Nigerian activist Nnamadi Kanu, (2) the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Mr Kanu to Nigeria against his will, and (3) of any assistance being provided to him by the high commission in Abuja,” the document reads.
The document also states that the question, tagged ‘HL1665’ was tabled on July 5, 2021 will be “due for answer” by the “relevant government department” by July 19, 2021.
