Emerging report reaching Page 36 on Tuesday, indicates that the United Kingdom, UK, Parliament is set to commence a debate on the re-arrest and repatriation of the Leader of the locally proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, by the President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government, last week.
The UK Parliament, in a Parliamentary schedule posted on its website, said that it will set aside a debate on Wednesday, July 7, to discuss the British government’s assessment of Kenya’s role in Kanu’s arrest.
According to the document, Lord Alton of Liverpool will be raising the issue at the House of Lords, and will query the government on the IPOB Leader’s transfer to Nigeria.
The document reads: “Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the alleged role of the government of Kenya in the detention and alleged mistreatment of Nigerian Activist Nnamdi Kanu, (2) the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Mr. Kanu to Nigeria against his will, and (3) of any assistance being provided to him by the High Commission in Abuja. HL1665.”