{"id":1507,"date":"2021-07-02T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2021-07-02T13:02:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:02:49","slug":"kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanu:\u00a0 Kenya breaks silence\u00a0on &#8216;controversial&#8217; arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline\">\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1453\" src=\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xg_user_generated content\" data-update-view-count-url=\"https:\/\/community.vanguardngr.com\/main\/viewcount\/update?xn_out=json\" data-update-view-count-hash=\"9c2afd8\" data-content-id=\"4565467:Topic:3089568\">\n<p>Immigration and diplomatic authorities from Kenya have stated that they were not aware of the arrest and \u201cextradition\u201d of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and brought to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya\u2019s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country\u2019s complicity in the arrest and \u201cextradition\u201d of Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, an official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said the ministry was not aware of the \u201cextradition\u201d of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan government officials in separate interviews with Reuters and Kenya\u2019s Nation newspaper debunked the family\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA spokeswoman for the Kenyan interior ministry said it was not aware of the matter, while the foreign affairs ministry in Nairobi did not respond to a request for comment,\u201d Reuters said in its report.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, Muteshi while dismissing the family\u2019s claim told Kenya Nation that it was not possible to tell whether Mr Kanu had entered Kenyan territory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t know that,\u201d Mr Muteshi said when asked whether the claims made by the family were true.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kanu, who is facing 11 counts of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, among others, jumped bail in 2017 and left the country.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Vanguard Newspapers<\/p>\n<p>He was re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday and ordered to be remanded in the custody of the DSS, while the case was adjourned till July 26 and July 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration and diplomatic authorities from Kenya have stated that they were not aware of the arrest and \u201cextradition\u201d of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and brought to Nigeria. &nbsp; The Kenya\u2019s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country\u2019s complicity in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kanu:\u00a0 Kenya breaks silence\u00a0on &#039;controversial&#039; arrest - Alimosho TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kanu:\u00a0 Kenya breaks silence\u00a0on &#039;controversial&#039; arrest - Alimosho TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Immigration and diplomatic authorities from Kenya have stated that they were not aware of the arrest and \u201cextradition\u201d of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and brought to Nigeria. &nbsp; The Kenya\u2019s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country\u2019s complicity in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alimosho TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alimoshotv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alimoshotv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T12:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T12:02:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807-300x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/alimoshoTv?s=08\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alimoshoTv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/\",\"name\":\"Alimosho TV\",\"description\":\"Alimosho stories &amp; beyond.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210630_131807.jpg\",\"width\":756,\"height\":756},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/\",\"name\":\"Kanu:\\u00a0 Kenya breaks silence\\u00a0on 'controversial' arrest - Alimosho TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T12:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-02T12:02:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf8b0df9fc443b78c5c46e81b1d0af2a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/kanu-kenya-breaks-silence-controversial-arrest\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf8b0df9fc443b78c5c46e81b1d0af2a\",\"name\":\"altvadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb234a93a660c7b272cfa1192c099c6689534bc9ca24e4537433ab328731d855?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb234a93a660c7b272cfa1192c099c6689534bc9ca24e4537433ab328731d855?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"altvadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alimoshotv\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/alimoshoTv?s=08\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/author\/altvadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alimoshotv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}