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Free Nnamdi Kanu’ Protest Begins In London, Protesters Wave Biafra Flags

Nigerians living in London, United Kingdom, have begun a protest to demand the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, who was arrested by the Nigerian government in Kenya last Sunday and extradited to Nigeria. Some of the protesters waved the Biafran flag in a video obtained as they chanted, “ Free Nnamdi Kanu now ”, “ Free Nnamdi Kanu now.” Kanu is a British and a Nigerian citizen and it is believed that he had been staying in the UK. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had first on Tuesday announced the arrest of Kanu, while listing his offences and insisting that he must continue his court trial in earnest.  Malami, in the text of his press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, had noted that the IPOB leader, apart from jumping bail, has been “ accused of engaging in subversive activities that include inciting violence through television, radio and online broadcasts against Nigeria and Nigerian State and inst...