The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, through their United Kingdom lawyers from the Bindmans LLP have sent a pre-action letter to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab MP, challenging his ongoing failure to provide consular assistance to Nnamdi Kanu, a British national who is currently detained by the Nigerian Security Services (DSS) in Abuja.
Mr Kanu was arrested in Kenya in June 2021 and transferred across borders to Nigeria without his British passport.
There are serious concerns that Mr Kanu was the subject of extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria, a practice which is unlawful under international law.
He continues to be detained by the DSS in Nigeria. Despite the family’s concerns that he has been subject to torture and is being denied essential medical treatment, the British High Commission has so far failed to visit him in detention.
Mr Kanu’s family has continued to call upon the British government to do everything they can to secure Mr Kanu’s safety.
Mr Kanu’s wife said “Only the British government can prevent him from being subjected to further harm. My family’s future happiness rests with Dominic Raab. He can end all of this in an instant. He can stop my nightmare.
