UK Seeks Clarification About Kanu’s Whereabouts From FG

The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, SATURDAY PUNCH is reporting.

Kanu is a British national.
According to the highly revered newspaper, the position of the British Government was revealed to it by the spokesman of the British High Commission in Nigeria, Joe Abuku.
Abuku said the inquiry followed reports that Kanu had been missing since September 14, 2017 when armed soldiers allegedly stormed his residence in Abia State.

In the email to SATURDAY PUNCH, Abuku said: “We are seeking urgent clarification from the Nigerian authorities about the status and whereabouts of Mr. Kanu, a British-Nigerian man, who has been reported missing since September 14.”
Asked if the UK would strip Kanu of citizenship on account of the declaration by Nigeria that he was leading a terrorist organisation, the mission said it does not comment on individual cases.

Abuku said: “One of the conditions that can make the United Kingdom strip its citizen of nationality is if the person engages in a terrorist activity at home or abroad. And Kanu has dual citizenship and therefore a citizen of Nigeria and the UK.”
When asked if the UK supported the Nigerian Government’s proscription of the IPOB, Abuku stated that the group was not a proscribed organisation under the British law.
He said: “The Indigenous People of Biafra is not a proscribed organisation in the UK.”

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