ABUJA (Reuters) – Nnamdi Kanu, leader of banned separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested and is in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to face trial, a spokesman for the justice minister said on Tuesday.
Kanu’s whereabouts had been unknown since he failed to appear at previous court hearings after being granted bail. A judge had ordered his arrest in March 2019.
“He has been arrested and taken to Abuja High Court today, and the court adjourned until July 27,” the minister’s spokesman said.
(Reporting by Felix Onuah and Afolabi Sotunde, writing by Estelle Shirbon, editing by Libby George and Catherine Evans)
