The family of detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has lost a legal challenge against the British government in a London court regarding his detention in Nigeria.
Kanu’s brother, Kingsley Kanu, had brought a judicial review against Britain’s Foreign Office over its alleged refusal to acknowledge that Nnamdi Kanu, who holds Nigerian and British citizenship, was the victim of extraordinary rendition from Kenya to in June 2021.
Kingsley Kanu’s lawyers argued that the Foreign Office should reach a judgment about whether his brother was the victim of extraordinary rendition so it could properly assess how to assist the family.
The Court of Appeal also dropped seven charges against Nnamdi Kanu, who has remained in detention pending an appeal against that decision by the Nigerian government. Kanu faces charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him at the Federal High Court, Abuja in response to years of the campaign for the independent Republic of Biafra through IPOB.