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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

FOUND: Three uk foreign secretaries failed to call for release of briton held in nigeria - What They Never Told You

Nnamdi Kanu
The Nigerian government has admitted to taking Nnamdi Kanu, pictured, without any warrant of arrest or extradition. Photograph: AP

Three British foreign secretaries have failed to call for the release of a British national being held in Nigeria after falling victim to a “brazen and violent” act of extraordinary rendition, the high court has heard.

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria, was abducted, unlawfully detained and tortured in Kenya in June last year before being flown blindfolded on a private plane to Nigeria, the court was told on Monday.

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