The Kenya Court stated that Kanu 2021 kidnapping, brought Nigeria illegal, Awards KSH 10M (N120M) in damage

The High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, has made an important decision stating that June 2021, kidnapping and performing songs from the Biafra indigenous people (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from the country to Nigeria, violated the law and illegal.

Judge EC Mwita who delivered the decision, argued that the actions of the government of Kenya and Nigeria were the same as serious violations of the basic human rights protected by their respective constitutions.

The court also gave Kanu the number of KSH10 million (around N120 million) in “compensation compensation” to the Kenya government for its role in the incident.

When delivering his decision, Judge Mwita said:
“After considering the defense and argument by the parties, the reliable decisions, the constitution and law, I came to the following conclusions:

“First, the government of Kenya violates the constitution and rights of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu and fundamental freedom.

“After entering Kenya legally, he was subject to the protection offered by the 2010 Kenya Constitution and the Kenya government had the obligation to uphold and protect its rights and fundamental freedom.

“However, Mr. Nnamdi was kidnapped, stored in a confinement of solitude, torturing and denying food and drugs, violations of basic rights.

“He was chained, humiliated, ridiculed and insulted and then forcibly moved from Kenya without following the laws that violated his rights and fundamental freedoms that were the responsibility of the Kenya government.

“Based on the conclusions above, the court made the following declarations and commands that were considered appropriate:

“The declaration hereby is issued that the abduction of Mr. Nwannekaenvi Nnamdi Kenny Okwu Kanu; hold it in a prison that does not communicate, torture him and deny food, water, medicines and other basic needs is a violation of his rights and fundamental freedom.

“The declaration hereby is issued that the subsequent abduction and transfer from Nwannekaenvi Nnamdi Kenny Okwu-Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria violates Kenya’s law and freedom, including the freedom of movement and security of people guaranteed by people guaranteed by people guaranteed by people.

“Perintah untuk kompensasi dengan ini dikeluarkan memberikan penghargaan kepada Nwannekaenvi Nnamdi Kenny Okwu-Kanu Ganti Rugi Umum dari KSHS 10.000.000 (N119.546.576,79) terhadap Jaksa Agung Kenya di Kenya Nuhden-Kenya untuk pelanggaran Tn. Nwannekaen, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya Nwanneam for Peknneam for Peknneam for Kenya’s giving for Kenya’s solutions to Nuwanneam’s government for the Nuwanneam government for Nuwan’s development.

Reacting to the decision, the Pro-BIFRA group, in a statement issued on Friday by the Secretary of the Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, described it as an important victory that had justified the old group’s position of what was described as a false and funny trial from its leader in Nigeria.

“The native people of Biafra (IPOB) want to officially announce a brilliant court that has shaken the basis of the law of our leader fraud, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” the statement said.

In a historic, brave, and important assessment delivered on June 24, 2025, the Kenya High Court, who sat in Nairobi, found that kidnapping, detention without communication, torture, and illegal transfer of Kenya, and Kenya, Kenya, Kenya, to Nigeria, in June 2021, innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent bersalah, tidak bersalah, tidak bersalah, tidak bersalah, tidak bersalah, tidak bersalah, tidak bersalah, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa henti, tanpa henti, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten, tanpa konsisten tidak seanggal tidak seanggal tidak seanggal tidak sewahnya tidak seanggal tidak sewahnya tidak sewah, tanpa konsisten Hukum Internasional.

“This judgment justifies our consistent position that what happened in Nairobi in June 2021 was not extradition but performed extraordinary songs of international criminal terrorism which was sponsored by the state involving the highest authority of the Nigerian and Kenya governments.

“We are grateful not to measure the brilliant legal leadership of Professor PLO Lumumba, the main advisor to Kenya Litigation, who is courage, clarity, and tenacity causes this monumental legal victory.

“IPOB also gave sincere appreciation to Kenya’s justice, especially Hon. Judge EC MWITA, who stood tall against malignant political interference and international diplomatic pressure to give fearless assessments based on law, morality, and constitutional justice.

“We know, and now the world must recognize that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu did not commit crimes in Kenya. He entered Kenya legally as a British citizen.

“He was kidnapped in broad daylight at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Nigerian secret police agents in collusion with naughty elements from Kenya’s security equipment. He was chained, tortured, rejected drugs, and finally bundled to private jet and flown illegally to Abuja without any extradition or judicial.

“This verdict places a permanent and unnattered legal stain of the record of the former Uhuru Kenyatta President from Kenya, Muhammadu Buhari from Nigeria and former Attorney General Abubakar Halami, and their accomplices.

“This also shows the mission of the criminal lobby driven by Nigerian leaders – from Buhari, Osinbajo, to Tinubu and Shettima – all of which tried and failed to manipulate Kenya’s judiciary to cover up this extraordinary action internationally.

Let it be known that this is not the end. This is the beginning of a global accountability campaign. All responsible – in Kenya, Nigeria, or elsewhere – will be pursued until the end of the earth under the universal principle of accountability for crimes that will occur.

“To Justice EC Mwita, we thank you for your judicial courage. To Professor PLO Lumumba and his team, we salute your extraordinary advocacy. To those who are oppressed in the world, this is your victory – a warning to the tyranny that international borders will no longer protect the criminal regime from justice,” the statement said.