The member representing District 139 in the Texas House of Representatives, Jarvis Johnson, has asked the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from detention. Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and returned to Nigeria by the Nigerian government for continued trial on treasonable felony and terrorism charges pressed against him by the government.
US Lawmaker Asks Buhari Government To Release IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Stop Alleged Genocide Against Igbo; Calls For President Biden’s InterventionKanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since June 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and returned to Nigeria by the Nigerian government for continued trial on treasonable felony and terrorism charges pressed against him by the government.
The member representing District 139 in the Texas House of Representatives, Jarvis Johnson, has asked the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu from detention. Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since June 2021 when he was re-arrested in Kenya and returned to Nigeria by the Nigerian government for continued trial on treasonable felony and terrorism charges pressed against him by the government.On October 13, 2022, a three-man panel of Court of Appeal judges in their unanimous decision ruled that Kanu’s rendition from Kenya was illegal.
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