Justice E.C. Mwita of the High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, has declared the abduction, detention and subsequent rendition to Nigeria of the Biafra Nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as illegal and unlawful.
The judge held that the rendition carried out in June 2021 was a gross violation of the fundamental rights of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
In a 13-page judgment delivered on June 24, 2025, Justice Mwita held that the actions of both the Kenyan and Nigerian governments amounted to gross violations of Kanu’s fundamental human rights as protected by their respective constitutions.
The court also awarded Kanu 10 million Kenyan shillings in compensatory damages against the Kenyan government for its role in the unlawful abduction and rendition.