Group protests at British High Commission, demands Nnamdi Kanu’s extradiction
A group that calls itself ‘Igbo Youths in Nigeria and Diaspora’ has stormed the British High Commission in Abuja to demand for the extradition of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The group which arrived at the commission with a prepared petition said they wanted Kanu extradicted for allegedly inciting violence in Nigeria and instigating his Eastern Security Network (ESN) to attack police and military personnel in the South Eastern part of Nigeria.
The group also cited his alleged previous unguarded utterances that led to the breakdown of law and order in the South Eastern part of Nigeria and also in Rivers State during the recent EndSARS protest. The group claimed many lives were lost, including those of police and military personnel in and around Oyigbo.
The convener of the group, Mr Chukwuma Dike, said this week alone, at least 4 naval personnel and between 8 and 10 policemen had been killed in Anambra and Imo States.
“A planned attack on the men and women of Nigerian Police in Aba on the night of the 23rd of March 2020 was nipped in the bud when a combined team of the Police RRS, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and the military ambushed the gang and in their den, at least 16 of the would-be assailants were neutralised,” he said in a statement.
He said Kanu’s inciting statements have “pumped up the ignorant or the misinformed people following him to target law enforcement agents and by so doing putting the lives and properties of people in the South East at the risk of a military operation without recourse to the collateral damage(s) that may come with it.”
He called on the UK authorities to arrest and repatriate Nnamdi Kanu to answer for his countless crimes against Igbo people and the Nigerian state in general.
