Kanu was arrested without: Nnamdi Kanu’s brother has revealed how they spoke while he was in Kenya shortly before he was arrested.
Kingsley Kanu, the detainee’s brother, revealed that he had gone for a walk when he was arrested and was without his documents.
According to The Guardian, Kanu’s brother, Kingsley, said he spoke with him “days before he went missing in June” while he was in Kenya.
“I talked to him on the phone, and he was fine, in Nairobi. His associates said that he did not take his documents with him when he went out, implying that he had no intention of going anywhere. Then we see him paraded in handcuffs in Abuja,” Kingsley explained.
“It is a remarkable rendition, aided by Kenyan authorities,” he said. “This is an outrage that cannot be tolerated.
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“We are holding the Nigerian and Kenyan governments accountable. “The British government is aware of what is going on,” he said, adding that UK officials had contacted Kanu’s family and legal team and that there were concerns about his treatment in detention.
“I am concerned for his wellbeing because you know how they will treat him,” Kingsley said.
Lawyers for Kanu’s family accused the Nigerian government of “state kidnapping,” alleging that he was kidnapped in Kenya by Nigerian officials and taken to Nigeria against his will.
According to the Guardian, Kanu entered Kenya this year on his British passport on a visa that expired in June, and that “his UK passport remains in Kenya.”
According to his family, Kanu did not have a Nigerian passport, and he has verbally renounced Nigerian citizenship in broadcasts.
According to the medium, “the abduction of a person from a foreign country with the intent of bringing them to justice is illegal under international law.”
Nigerian and Kenyan authorities have denied Kenya’s involvement in the arrest, while the UK consulate in Nigeria has stated that it has contacted the Nigerian government about the matter.
However, the UK’s officials did not immediately respond to The Guardian’s information requests on the issue.
