{"id":562,"date":"2021-06-28T03:42:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T03:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/dont-share-this-politics-insider-secret\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:38:51","slug":"dont-share-this-politics-insider-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/dont-share-this-politics-insider-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu and Extraordinary rendition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"562\" class=\"elementor elementor-562\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c992b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c992b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73ade22\" data-id=\"73ade22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491dc8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"491dc8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.e-container.e-container--row .elementor-spacer-inner{width:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container.e-container--column .elementor-spacer-inner,.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69056a28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69056a28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52db24c6\" data-id=\"52db24c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546ed08d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546ed08d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the secessionist group IPOB, arrested, &#8216;returned&#8217; to Nigeria<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1721 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/images-3.jpg 224w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/images-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96e9f45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96e9f45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11079d3\" data-id=\"11079d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddcda9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddcda9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b83a25\" data-id=\"8b83a25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3ac9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df3ac9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cRendition\u201d refers to the transfer of a detained person to another jurisdiction for trial. For most purposes <br>it is the same thing as extradition. \u201cExtraordinary rendition, \u201dHowever, leaves out the trial. It means the transfer of a prisoner elsewhere for purposes of interrogation and, too often,<br>torture&#8221;. Wikipedia<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b153f62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b153f62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87da122\" data-id=\"87da122\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01c6b0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01c6b0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef6ba65\" data-id=\"ef6ba65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412298c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"412298c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nigeria has arrested Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Without following the International\u00a0 proceeding.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of the west African nation Abubakar Malami(SAN) on Tuesday<\/strong><br \/><strong>Disclosed to journalists that Kanu was arrested and brought back to Nigeria on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kanu and his co-defendant are facing treasonable felony charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, <\/strong><br \/><strong>Nigeria&#8217;s capital. He also faces charges on unlawful possession of firearms and management of an unlawful society.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He had fled Nigeria in September 2017 after the military invaded his home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State,<\/strong><br \/><strong>in the southeast of Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nigerian army then insisted it was not holding him and the Nigerian government secured a controversial court<\/strong><br \/><strong>order proscribing IPOB as a terrorist group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kanu failed to show up at the last hearing date for his trial. The trial judge ordered his lawyer to produce him <\/strong><br \/><strong>at the then next sitting on March 28 2018. But his whereabouts remained unknown until this arrest.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2186ed2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2186ed2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a54a17c\" data-id=\"a54a17c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-569644c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"569644c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7883f22\" data-id=\"7883f22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6457d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6457d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Malami described the arrest as the result of a collaborative effort between security agencies in Nigeria and Interpol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Extradited from the UK?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Local news sources say Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in the UK, blindfolded and sneaked into the courtroom in handcuffs <\/strong><br \/><strong>by operatives of Nigeria&#8217;s Department of State Services (DSS). But the veracity of this remains unclear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to multiple sources, he was hurriedly taken to Court where the presiding judge told the prosecution lawyer, <\/strong><br \/><strong>Shuaib Labaran to inform the defence counsel of the new date for the continuation of the trial.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The prosecution applied that Kanu jumped bail and wanted him to be remanded in DSS custody. The court granted the <\/strong><br \/><strong>application and the judge adjourned the case to July 26, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9be0b6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9be0b6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76f5660\" data-id=\"76f5660\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29ea3f6 elementor-section-boxed 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Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/fij.ng\/article\/kenyan-govt-speaks-on-nnamdi-kanus-rearrest-and-extradition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1745\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09-1024x296.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09-768x222.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09-1536x444.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-08_03_2022-15_12_09.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5bdcdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5bdcdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91298bb\" data-id=\"91298bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346cd7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"346cd7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is Nnamdi Kanu?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4511d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4511d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/><strong>Nnamdi Okwu Kanu is a Nigerian Biafra political activist, being the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB. <\/strong><br \/><strong>Kanu founded IPOB in 2014 and wants to create an independent state for the people of old Eastern Region of Nigeria <\/strong><br \/><strong>Through an independent referendum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He began his activism for the freedom of Biafra as a Radio Biafra director and anchor of Biafra awareness under <\/strong><br \/><strong>Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), who said while in a <\/strong><br \/><strong>meeting in Kaduna, Nigeria on June 12, 2014, that he handed over Radio Biafra to Nnamdi Kanu but Kanu disappointed him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Until 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people and broadcast<\/strong><br \/><strong>to Nigeria from London, Kanu was a relatively obscure figure.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-252a92e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"252a92e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1eb8d4\" data-id=\"c1eb8d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2046a76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2046a76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16a7ad1\" data-id=\"16a7ad1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c4d63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28c4d63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>He would later run into trouble with the Nigerian government and was first arraigned over allegations of terrorism, money<\/strong><br \/><strong>Laundering, treason, others, on October 14, 2015. He was later granted bail in 2017 but on March 28, 2019, his bail <\/strong><br \/><strong>condition was revoked.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96c25d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96c25d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c16ea9a\" data-id=\"c16ea9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a6cec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55a6cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biafra<br>\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94ae0ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94ae0ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-576574d\" data-id=\"576574d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5adf649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5adf649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1778\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The earlier push for a separate republic of Biafra was championed by Emeka Ojukwu nearly 50 years ago. The declaration of<\/strong><br \/><strong>independence sparked a three year civil war which left more than 3 million people dead, mostly Igbos from the South Eastern <\/strong><br \/><strong>region of Nigeria aimed for the breakaway.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b01e84d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b01e84d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f31db6\" data-id=\"6f31db6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3708e89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3708e89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1204-biafra-protest.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bc3d45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bc3d45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-236c6be\" data-id=\"236c6be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6580a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe6580a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/><strong>The agitation for Biafra continues till this day and has been given momentum by Nnamdi Kanu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nigerian authorities However <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">clamp down heavily on the separatist groups and blames Kanu&#8217;s social media posts for a spate of violent attacks across the<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Southeastern part of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e812e9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e812e9e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7d3bf2\" data-id=\"d7d3bf2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caf2fac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caf2fac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8736583\" data-id=\"8736583\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ad82e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ad82e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Earlier this month, Information Minister Lai Mohammed cited Kanu&#8217;s posts as a factor in the government&#8217;s decision to suspend <\/strong><br \/><strong>Twitter after Twitter had deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari threatening IPOB.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36a2772 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36a2772\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65eb2cc\" data-id=\"65eb2cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the secessionist group IPOB, arrested, &#8216;returned&#8217; to Nigeria \u00a0 \u201cRendition\u201d refers to the transfer of a detained person to another jurisdiction for trial. For most purposes it is the same thing as extradition. \u201cExtraordinary rendition, \u201dHowever, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/dont-share-this-politics-insider-secret\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nnamdi Kanu and Extraordinary rendition<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[8,3,2,7],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false],"large":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4.jpg",275,183,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"ugoalz","author_link":"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/author\/ugoalz\/"},"uagb_comment_info":5,"uagb_excerpt":"Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the secessionist group IPOB, arrested, &#8216;returned&#8217; to Nigeria \u00a0 \u201cRendition\u201d refers to the transfer of a detained person to another jurisdiction for trial. 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