{"id":43244,"date":"2015-10-30T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T11:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=43244"},"modified":"2015-10-30T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T11:50:45","slug":"biafra-british-legislator-petitions-uk-government-over-nnamdi-kanus-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/biafra-british-legislator-petitions-uk-government-over-nnamdi-kanus-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: British Legislator Petitions UK Government Over Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2295\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2296\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0A member of the British parliament, Harriet Harman has written a petition to the British government seeking to know the details of the continued detention of radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu.<br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2178\" \/><br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2179\" \/>Harman, who represents Camberwell and Peckham, sought to know why Kanu, who is a British citizen was arrested on Saturday, October 17, 2015.<br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2180\" \/><br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2181\" \/>In the petition titled \u00a0\u201cDetention of my constituent Mr. Nnamdi Kanu\u201d, which addressed to Phillip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and dated Thursday, October 22, 2015, Harman maintained that since Kanu and his Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement was non-violent, he should be protected by Article 1 of the United Nations charter.<br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2182\" \/>The petition read: \u201cI understand that Mr Nnamdi Kanu, who I am told is a British citizen and lives at \u2026was arrested on the 17th October 2015 by the Nigerian Department of Security Services (DSS) when arriving in Lagos from the United Kingdom.<br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2183\" \/><br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2184\" \/>\u201cI understand Nnamdi is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who are agitating for the independence of Nigeria\u2019s former Eastern Region. I\u2019m told that the pro-Biafra group are non-violent and therefore should be afforded protection under Article 1 of the charter of the United Nations.<br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2185\" \/><br id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2186\" \/>\u201cI\u2019d be grateful if you could let me know your understanding of what Nnamdi has been arrested for,what he might be charged with, where he has been held and what consular engagement there has been.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2191\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv2270300038yui_3_16_0_1_1446204488730_2190\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biafra Times<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/biafra-british-legislator-petitions-uk-government-over-nnamdi-kanus-detention\/attachment\/petition-kanu\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43247\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43247\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/petition-Kanu.jpg\" alt=\"petition-Kanu\" width=\"600\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/petition-Kanu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/petition-Kanu-294x400.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A member of the British parliament, Harriet Harman has written a petition to the British government seeking to know the details of the continued detention of radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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