The Kenyan Government has denied arresting the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in their country and handing him over to the Nigerian government.
The Director-General of Kenyan Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, has denied knowledge of Nnamdi’s arrest and extradition.
In an interview with The Nation, a Kenyan newspaper, Thursday, July 1, 2021, Muteshi said he could not tell if Kanu was arrested in Kenya.
“I can’t know that,” Muteshi told Nation in response to a question on Kanu’s arrest.
“I am not in the picture of his presence in the country. I am only able to tell if somebody entered the country legally.”
Kanu was said to have been arrested on Saturday in an African country and was flown into Abuja on Sunday.
He was rearraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday.
The judge had ordered that he should be remanded in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) till July, 26, 2021.
In a statement on Wednesday, Kingsley Kalu, a sibling of the IPOB leader, said he was arrested in Kenya.
“Whilst visiting Kenya, Nnamdi Kanu was detained and handed over to the Nigerian authorities who then flew him to Nigeria,” he said.
“My brother has been subject to extraordinary rendition by Kenya and Nigeria. They have violated the most basic principles of the rule of law. Extraordinary rendition is one of the most serious crimes states can commit.”
The Nigerian government has maintained silence on the location of Kanu’s arrest.
