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The principal character behind the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOD), Nnamdi Kanu, wants the British government to plead his case and release him from prison in Nigeria.
Pleading British citizenship, Kanu, approached the British government through his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor in a letter dated March 24 and addressed to the British High Commissioner in Abuja.
Kanu is facing treason charges alongside two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
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Describing himself as a victim of injustice, he insisted that the President Buhari-led administration has violently abused his fundamental human rights through his prolonged detention in prison custody.
Kanu has repeatedly said he was ready to answer to the charges again him and doubts Nigerian government’s sincerity to accord him fair trial. He and his supporters have constantly alleged persecution by the Nigerian state.
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