Kanu’s lawyer, British high commissioner disagree over Britain’s involvement in Kanu’s case

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Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the British government of having a hand in Kanu’s abduction.

Ejiofor who made the accusation while speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Wednesday also accused the British Government and the British High Commission of not doing much to help Kanu despite him being a British citizen.

Ejiofor explained that the Commission has not visited the IPOB leader since he was brought back to Nigeria, adding that, unlike Kanu’s 2015 arrest when the Commission was regularly visiting him while in detention, the British Commission is paying lip service to help him this time around.

He said: “I can confirm to you that British High Commission is not doing much about this case. I can confirm to you that there is every likelihood of connivance in what happened to my client.

“Because some times in 2015 when my client was arrested I know how they were keeping in constant communication with him and visiting him regularly both when he was in DSS custody and when he was transferred to prison.

“But as of yesterday, a British national was arrested and till date, they have not visited him even when we have officially notified them of the situation.

“As at the time he was arrested, he was arrested as a British national because he had renounced his Nigerian citizenship over five years ago. And they are still talking about offering him consular services,” he said.

However, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, said that the British Commission has offered consular assistance to Kanu.

She said: ”On Nnamdi Kanu, all I would say is that we are on record of saying that we can offer consular assistance to British nationals as requested. That is all I am prepared to say in this interview.

”I haven’t said anything about his trial. What we have said on record is that we would do all we can and we do offer consular assistance and in this case, we have offered consular assistance to Nnamdi Kanu.”