Lawyers to Nigeria’s pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu say they have commenced legal action against Nigeria and Kenya at the African Union's commission on human rights. Kanu's special counsel, Alloy Ejimako, said in a statement they took the matter to the AU because Nigeria and Kenya were both members of the charter establishing the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights. Kanu holds British citizenship and the circumstances of his extradition back to Nigeria last month are unclear. It comes after the Nigerian government failed to present Mr Kanu in court to continue his trial on treason and terrorism-related charges. A federal high court in Abuja ordered the authorities to produce him in the next court date on 21 October.

Source: The Star July 27, 2021 05:15 UTC