Family of Nnamdi Kanu granted judicial review over failure of Britain to intervene after arrest last year
The family of a British citizen who was allegedly taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary rendition has been granted a court hearing to challenge the UK government for not intervening in his case.

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria, was arrested in Kenya in June last year before being transported against his will to Nigeria, where he has been held ever since.

In July, the UN working group on arbitrary detention published an opinion that the father of two had been subject to extraordinary rendition and said he should be released immediately. However, successive UK foreign secretaries, first Dominic Raab and then Liz Truss, before she became prime minister, have refused to take a view as to whether Kanu was a victim of extraordinary rendition.

The family has been granted a judicial review to challenge that refusal, arguing that its effect has been that no action has been taken to help him.

His brother, Kingsley Kanu, said: “The British government is well known for its stance on human rights. I believe it must be decisive when it comes to its decision-making about very serious violations of the human rights of British citizens abroad, especially when the facts are clear, as they are in my brother’s case, and when the UN has investigated and reached a firm conclusion that my brother was subject to extraordinary rendition. I am very happy that the court has agreed that a hearing is necessary to decide this important issue.”

Kanu’s family claim he was tortured in Kenya and has been held in solitary confinement in Abuja since being transported there. The UN working group referred the case to the special rapporteur on torture. It expressed concern that he had been denied treatment and medication for his heart condition and highlighted that solitary confinement in excess of 15 consecutive days is prohibited under the Nelson Mandela rules, international non-binding standards.

In a court filing concerning a parallel case brought by Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja, the Nigerian government denied torturing or mistreating him. It claimed that he entered Kenya unlawfully, having previously jumped bail in Nigeria, and so had no right to an extradition hearing
In 2015, Kanu was arrested in Nigeria and charged with terrorism offences and incitement, after setting up a digital radio station, Radio Biafra, at his home in London. Two years later he fled the country while on bail after an attack on his family home, which he claimed killed 28 members of Ipob. In January, he pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges.

Shirin Marker, from Bindmans LLP, who is representing Kingsley Kanu, said it was essential for the new foreign secretary, James Cleverly, to reach a firm conclusion on whether her client’s brother had been the victim of extraordinary rendition in order to decide what steps to take to assist him.

“The evidence available to date establishes that he has been subject to extraordinary rendition and torture or inhumane treatment,” she said. “It is unacceptable for the UK government to continue to prevaricate on this issue. We are glad that the court has now granted permission for this case to move to a final hearing.”

Explaining her decision to grant a judicial review hearing, Mrs Justice Ellenbogen said: “Such decisions/inaction are, in principle, reviewable and do not enter forbidden areas, including decisions affecting foreign policy.”

The Foreign Office declined to comment while proceedings were active.





https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/uk-government-faces-court-challenge-in-nigerian-rendition-case-nnamdi-kanu?fr=operanews

For now dem don forget u oo Mr Kanu/
Wait till February when Obidient hallucination comes crashing.
Happy belated unceremonious 55th birthday.

" The family of a British citizen who was allegedly taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary rendition has been granted a court hearing to challenge the UK government for not intervening in his case."



The bolded is laughable and it is a mockery of the British judiciary. British citizen claiming to be citizen of another nation in all his broadcasts and violent rhetorics that led to countless loss of lives of innocent people in his ancestral homeland and coordinated arson on Lagos , Nigeria's former capital, on his direct instruction to members of his outlawed terrorist group. It is his victims who deserve justice. It is my Lagos city who deserves Justice from the violent rhethotics of the ipob terrorist group leader.

This is a lesson to those violent unpatriotic Nigerians in diaspora who think that they can hide overseas and trample on Nigerians.

jerseyboy:
For now dem don forget u oo Mr Kanu/
Wait till February when Obidient hallucination comes crashing.
Happy belated unceremonious 55th birthday.

did u even read through the post at all?

Arda1000:
did u even read through the post at all?

No.
Biafra na FRAUD right from start.

jerseyboy:

No.
Biafra na FRAUD right from start.

Na Fraud Biafra Na Bigger Fraud Nigeria- a mere British Property and named by a OYIBO ASHAWO

In an essay that first appeared in The Times on 8 January 1897, by "Miss Shaw", she suggested the name "Nigeria" for the British Protectorate on the Niger River.[2] In her essay, Shaw made the case for a shorter term that would be used for the "agglomeration of pagan and Mahomedan States" to replace the official title, "Royal Niger Company Territories". She thought that the term "Royal Niger Company Territories" was too long to be used as a name of a real estate property, under the trading company in that part of Africa. She was in search of a new name, and she coined "Nigeria", in preference to terms such as "Central Sudan", which were associated with the area by some geographers and travellers.

FreeStuffsNG:
" The family of a British citizen who was allegedly taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary rendition has been granted a court hearing to challenge the UK government for not intervening in his case."



The bolded is laughable and it is a mockery of the British judiciary. British citizen claiming to be citizen of another nation in all his broadcasts and violent rhetorics that led to countless loss of lives of innocent people in his ancestral homeland and coordinated arson on Lagos , Nigeria's former capital, on his direct instruction to members of his outlawed terrorist group. It is his victims who deserve justice. It is my Lagos city who deserves Justice from the violent rhethotics of the ipob terrorist group leader.

This is a lesson to those violent unpatriotic Nigerians in diaspora who think that they can hide overseas and trample on Nigerians.

Are you aware that Kanu is not being tried for any of the above things mentioned? If he is not being charged and tried for the alleged offences, it means no evidence exists against him and that all allegations are baseless

Patriotism is not what you force on anyone, it must come from the heart

Terrorism is a 30 year Prison Sentence in the UK

Good news I must say.

Then how many years for self determination and self defense?

Christistruth00:
Terrorism is a 30 year Prison Sentence in the UK