Nnamdi Kanu’s Re-arrest, Extradition Followed Due Process, FG Insists

• …the re-arrest and re-arraignment of Kanu was not discussed in the meeting the Office of the AGF had with the British High Commissioner…

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has insisted that the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, followed due legal process.

Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Public Relations, Jibrilu Gwandu said Kanu’s lawyer was involved in the judicial process that led to the grant of his earlier bail.

EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the IPOB leader, who is facing an 11-count charge of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, among others, jumped bail in 2017 and fled the country for alleged threats to his life by security operatives.

Barely four years after, he was rearrested, extradited, and re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 but details of his arrest and Extradition have been kept under wraps by the federal government.

Read also: Kenya Tortured, Detained Nnamdi Kanu For Days Before Extradition – Lawyer

According to Gwandu, “Bench warrant was lawfully and judiciously procured through judicial process by a competent court of law, whose bail conditions he breached with impunity.

“He (Nnamdi Kanu) has been represented by a counsel all through the judicial process and was never denied a right of choice of counsel or recourse to one, even when he symbolises a proscribed association (IPOB) in law and, in fact, his association has been legally proscribed.

“So, there was no illegality in the entire process,” he told The PUNCH in a telephone interview.

Gwandu also revealed that the re-arrest and re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu was not discussed in the meeting the Office of the AGF had with the British High Commissioner on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

“The legality or otherwise of Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest was not discussed in the meeting. I sent you a press release on the issues that were discussed. The meeting was scheduled long before the arrest,” he said.

Gwandu also revealed that the re-arrest and re-arraignment of Kanu was not discussed in the meeting the Office of the AGF had with the British High Commissioner on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

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“The legality or otherwise of Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest was not discussed in the meeting. I sent you a press release on the issues that were discussed. The meeting was scheduled long before the arrest,” he said.

Following Kanu’s re-arrest and detainment, the British High Commission had said it would seek clarification on the development.