A United States–based advocacy group, the Rising Sun Foundation, has called on the United Kingdom to demand accountability from the Nigerian government over the arrest and detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s expected visit to the UK.
In a statement signed by its president, Dr. Maxwell Dede, the group said the planned meeting between President Tinubu and King Charles III should not proceed without the British government raising what it described as the “unlawful abduction and extraordinary rendition” of Kanu in 2021.
“The only expectation we have is simple and just: that this visit must not pass without the United Kingdom demanding clear answers from the Nigerian authorities regarding the unlawful abduction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” the statement said.