The British High Commission has reacted to the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, said that they can confirm that Kanu has been arrested but that he was not apprehended in the UK.
The IPOB leader, who is also a UK citizen, had been in the UK, Israel, Italy, United States, etc since 2017 when he fled Nigeria but was believed to reside in the UK.
Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had told journalists on Tuesday that he was picked up on Sunday due to “the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and security services”.
The AGF did not say where exactly the secessionist leader was arrested, but Hurlock told TheCable when contacted that it was outside of the UK.
“We can confirm that Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in the UK for extradition purposes,” he said via text message.
Kanu was first arrested on October 14, 2015, following years of his campaign for the sovereign state of Biafra.
