Jarvis Johnson, a representative for Texas’ District 139 in the US House of Representatives, claims that the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) organization is illegal and that the Muhammadu Buhari regime is planning to kill him.
In a letter to the US Congress, Johnson pleaded with his colleagues to act quickly to demand that the Nigerian government free the group’s arrested leader.
The special counsel to IPOB leader Aloy Ejimakor made Johnson’s letter, dated May 10, 2023, available on Thursday. It was captioned, “Re: Appeal for Your Urgent Intervention in Urging the Government of Nigeria to Release Nnamdi Kanu from his Extraordinary Rendition.”
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According to the US lawmaker, the IPOB leader entered Nairobi, Kenya officially on May 12, 2021, while traveling there as a British citizen. Additionally, he was kidnapped on June 19, 2021, by Nigerian government officials, who tortured him for eight days before smuggling him back to Nigeria.
Johnson said: “There is now growing fear/concern that the Muhammadu Buhari administration intends to assassinate or cause Kanu’s disappearance before May 29, when it plans to hand him over to the incoming administration.
“For months now, it is public knowledge that Kanu’s health condition has deteriorated. He suffers from a serious heart condition and other ailments for which he is not getting enough medical attention.
“Appeal to the Nigeria Government to release the IPOB leader dated back to June 27, 2021.”
He claimed that when Kanu traveled to Nigeria from London, England, in 2015, the Nigerian government’s harassment of him worsened.
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“First, few days after his arrival, on October 14, 2015, he was arrested in Lagos by agents of the Nigerian government.
“He was held in solitary confinement by the Department of State Security (DSS). Ultimately, he was granted bail by the Nigerian courts.
“After his release, he resided primarily in his ancestral home in Abia State, Nigeria, with his parents, siblings, and other extended family members.
“On October 10, 2017, to October 14, 2017, the Nigerian military attacked and invaded his home. In the process, dozens of people were killed, many were injured and maimed, while many others were captured alive and have disappeared.
“Fortunately, Kanu escaped the invasion and returned to his London residence to reunite with his nuclear family.
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“On May 12, 2021, he traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, as a British citizen and was legally admitted into the country.
“On June 19, 2021, he was abducted by agents of the Nigerian government. He disappeared in Nairobi and was tortured for eight days,” Johnson said.
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