Kenya denies helping Nigeria to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu

 

Top officials in the Kenyan government have denied that their nation played a role in the re-arrest and extradition of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu, who had been on the run for four years, was brought into Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, on Sunday June 27, 2021, and was herded into a courtroom in handcuffs on June 29.

There has been plenty of speculation over which other countries played a part in his capture, with the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Israel, and Ethiopia named in the local press as a raft of possible nations who worked with the Nigerian government on Kanu's re-arrest.

Kanu's brother, Kingsley Kanu, had disclosed that his brother has arrested in Kenya--a claim the Kenyans have now rebutted.

A spokesperson for the Kenyan Interior Ministry told Reuters that the ministry wasn't aware of the development

Kenya's Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, told Kenya's Nation newspaper that it was impossible to tell whether Kanu had entered Kenyan territory.