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FG arrests Nnamdi Kanu

Attorney General Abubakar Malami made the disclosure on Tuesday, according to NAN.

• June 29, 2021
Nnamdi Kanu
IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been apprehended by the federal government, News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami announced this on Tuesday in Abuja, according to NAN.

Mr Kanu, who left the country mysteriously after Nigerian soldiers attacked his country home in Abia State had been under prosecution by the federal government for treason.

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