By Chioma Iruke
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indeginous People Of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested and is currently at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for continuation of his trial for alleged treason.
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, announced that Kanu was extradited from the United Kingdom to Nigeria on Sunday.
Kanu was arrested through joint efforts between the Nigerian and UK authorities, said Malami.
He is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him at the federal high court in Abuja in response to years of campaign for the independent Republic of Biafra through IPOB.
He was granted bail in April 2017 for health reasons but skipped bail after flouting some of the conditions given to him by the court.
The IPOB leader has also been on the run since then after soldiers raided his father’s residence in Abia state.
IPOB was later declared a terrorist group by the defence headquarters and court after the south-east governors proscribed it.
Despite the court’s insistence on his appearance, the IPOB leader has remained abroad, and once said he jumped bail to pursue the cause of Biafra.
“Their problem is Nnamdi Kanu and the solution to their problem is referendum. They gave me conditional bail to cage me and IPOB but I refused,” he had said during a broadcast.
