Jailed Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu's family lost a legal challenge against the British government in a London court on Thursday over his continuing detention in Nigeria.
Kanu's brother Kingsey Kanu brought a judicial review against Britain's Foreign Office over its alleged refusal to acknowledge that Nnamdi Kanu, who holds Nigerian and British citizenship, was the victim of extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021.
Judge Jonathan Swift dismissed the case in a written ruling on Thursday, in which he said the Foreign Office's decision not to express a firm view about Kanu's treatment, either privately or publicly, was a matter for the government.given by Nigeria's Court of Appeal on Oct. 13, which found that Kanu had been been unlawfully abducted and rendered to Nigeria.
Kanu founded the Indigenous People of Biafra to press for the secession of the Igbo ethnic group's homeland, which covers part of southeast Nigeria.
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