NNAMDI KANU : Family Condemns British Government For Conspiracy In Continued Detention, Says UK Is Liable If IPOB Leader Dies

The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused the British government of complicity in his illegal detention and trial in Nigeria.

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In a statement signed by Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the family spokesperson, on Sunday, they expressed their sorrow and frustration over Britain's role in Kanu's ordeal.

The family highlighted Britain's historical pattern of betrayal, citing the 1967-1970 Biafran genocide, where British arms were supplied to Nigeria, resulting in the deaths of over 5million Biafrans. 

"The United Kingdom has never stopped killing Biafrans. Only the methods have changed," the statement read.

He said that "In 2021, they supplied the silence that allowed their citizen to be kidnapped and tortured. What exactly did the Igbo people do to Britain to deserve this generational hatred?

erasing its own culpability from the chain of events that led to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing ordeal." 

"This statement is not made in anger. It is made in defiance. We defy the centuries of British deception in Africa. We defy the silence that enables crimes against our people. And we defy the notion that a British citizen can be abducted, tortured, and tried abroad without the UK lifting a finger.

If Britain cannot protect its own citizen, then it should admit publicly that some British citizens are more equal than others. Let the world judge.

"OUR DEMAND TO THE UK GOVERNMENT; publicly accept responsibility for your complicity in the illegal rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; immediately demand his return to either Kenya or the United Kingdom; cease all diplomatic and legal support that sustains this illegal trial in Nigeria; initiate a parliamentary inquiry into the roles played by the British High Commissions in Nairobi and Abuja in this scandal: tell the truth: Why is Britain so obsessed with silencing Biafra?

"If anything happens to our brother, the Kanu Family will hold the United Kingdom responsible. Not because they failed to act—but because they chose to act on the side of evil. Their silence is not neutrality. It is an endorsement of tyranny. Let the earth tremble with this truth. Let history record our warning. Let justice not be buried under diplomatic hypocrisy."