The Kenyan government has revealed that there is no record of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, leaving the country after his arrival on May 12, 2021.
This was revealed in an affidavit “drawn up and filed” by the Kenyan Attorney-General and deposed to in Nairobi, Kenya on February 10, 2022.
The Government of Kenya attached Kanu’s arrival and departure record from Kenya from 17th July 2019 to 12th May 2022, when he last entered the country, to the Affidavit.
This latest information was contained in a statement signed by Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s Special Counsel.
Kanu was recaptured and returned to Kenya in June 2021.
When he returned to Nigeria, the IPOB leader was arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court on terrorism-related charges.
“In the latest Affidavit filed by the Kenyan government in defense of the suit filed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya, it asserted that there was no immigration record of Kanu’s departure from Kenya after his last arrival on May 12th, 2021,” the statement said.
The Government of Kenya attached Kanu’s arrival and departure record from Kenya from 17th July 2019 to 12th May 2022, when he last entered Kenya, to the Affidavit “drawn up and filed” by the Attorney-General of Kenya and deposed to in Nairobi, Kenya on 10th February 2022.
The Affidavit stated in paragraph 12: “That it is evident from the schedule below that the said Nwannekaenyi Nnamdi Kenny Okwu-Kanu has visited and departed Kenya on several occasions since 17/7/2019.”
According to paragraph 13 of the Affidavit, “it is evident from the above travel history that his last arrival date was 12/5/2021, and there is no evidence exhibited to prove that he thereafter left the country.”
That I am not privy to his (Kanu’s) arrest, detention, or extradition, stated paragraph 14 of the Affidavit.
Kanu’s extraordinary rendition, according to Ejimakor, is evidence of a crime against the IPOB leader.
It is important to note that this Affidavit, which was “drawn up and filed” by Kenya’s Attorney-General, is the clearest official confirmation yet from the Kenyan government that what happened to Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya is a crime, both in Nigeria and under international law.
With this latest development, Kanu’s ordeal in Kenya has taken a new turn, with domestic and international criminal indictments looming against those who directly or indirectly participated in this heinous crime.
“It has gone above and beyond extraordinary rendition,” the statement continued.
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