Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer of the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has narrated how his client was allegedly arrested and detained for eight days by the Kenyan Government before his extradition to Nigeria.
Ejiofor said this in a series of tweets shortly after his visit to Kanu in the detention facility of the Department of State Services on Friday.
The lawyer, who was granted access to his client by the DSS same day, tweeted on Twitter: “Update on meeting with MNK today, 2nd July 2021:
“My Client – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was actually abducted by the accursed Kenya’s Special Police Force on the 18th of June 2021 at their International Airport and consequently taken to an undisclosed residence under dehumanizing conditions.
“He was tortured and subjected to all forms of inhuman treatment which worsened his health condition. He was illegally detained for eight (8) good DAYS in Kenya before being transferred to their Nigerian counterpart.
“He was purportedly investigated on a bogus charge while in their custody, ostensibly, awaiting to be handed over after their findings proved him innocent of all the spurious allegations. They later beckoned on their Nigerian counterparts to take over.
“Kenyan Government was deeply involved in the abduction, detention and ill-treatment of my Client before the illegal handover to their Nigerian counterpart.
“A scan of his heart showed that the heart has enlarged by 13% due to the dehumanising treatment meted to him. There will be need for immediate proper medical examination and attention for him.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu conveyed his goodwill message to all IPOB family members worldwide, and craved for your unrelentless prayers.
“We are going back to the Court for the needful. Other details cannot be entertained here.
“His fortified legal team will address these infractions at the proper forum as we progress. Other details on our legal strategy, may not be made public.
“With Chukwuokike Abiama on our side, Victory is assured. For if God Almighty be for us, who can be against us? #freeMaziNnamdiKanu#.”
However, the Kenyan Government has denied being involved in the arrest, detention and extradition of Kanu to Nigeria.
The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Wilfred Machage, made the denial when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
The family of Kanu had accused the Kenyan Government of assisting its Nigerian counterpart with the arrest and extradition of the leader of the proscribed IPOB.
But Machage told newsmen: “I want to address this allegation by denying that Kenya was involved in the alleged arrest in Kenya and extradition to Nigeria of Mr. Kanu.
“To us therefore these allegations are fictional, imaginary and deliberately concerted to fuel antagonistic feelings among certain section of the Nigerian people.
“I want to challenge anyone with facts relating to this alleged arrest in Kenya to present those facts.
“This includes when, where, how and who was particularly involved in the alleged arrest.”
Kanu’s trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of treason among others has been scheduled for July 26 and 27, 2021.
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