The Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services,
Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the
arrest and “extradition” of Kanu.
Immigration and diplomatic authorities from Kenya have
stated that they were not aware of the arrest and “extradition” of the leader
of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and
brought to Nigeria.
The Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services,
Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the
arrest and “extradition” of Kanu.
Also, an official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said
the ministry was not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria.
The Kenyan government officials in separate interviews
with Reuters and Kenya’s Nation newspaper debunked the family’s claim.
“A spokeswoman for the Kenyan interior ministry said it
was not aware of the matter, while the foreign affairs ministry in Nairobi did
not respond to a request for comment,” Reuters said in its report.
Also, Muteshi while dismissing the family’s claim told
Kenya Nation that it was not possible to tell whether Mr Kanu had entered
Kenyan territory.
“I can’t know that,” Mr Muteshi said when asked whether
the claims made by the family were true.
Kanu, who is facing 11 counts of treason, treasonable
felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, among others, jumped bail
in 2017 and left the country.
He was re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja
on Tuesday and ordered to be remanded in the custody of the DSS, while the case
was adjourned till July 26 and July 27.
Biafra — a region almost entirely populated by the Igbo
people — was the site of a bloody civil war between 1967 and 1970.
The Federal Government says security and intelligence
agencies were on the trail of Kanu for over two years before he was
re-arrested.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed who disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said Kanu
was living “a five-star life across several countries".
The minister said Kanu’s re-arrest and repatriation was
made possible through the collaboration of Nigerian security and intelligence
agencies.
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