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Fugitive Nigerian secessionist leader arrested in London

Nigerian fugitive Nnamdi Kanu

Nigeria’s Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive secessionist leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. He was arrested in the UK on June 26, 2021 and returned to Nigeria where he was charged. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Abuja,

Nigeria’s Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive secessionist leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), has been arrested. 

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