They Went To Kenya In The Night Grabbed Nnamdi Kanu, Took Him From The Back Door To Airport—Ejimakor

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, has launched a scathing critique of the federal government’s 2021 apprehension of his client in Kenya, labeling the operation an unlawful “extraordinary rendition” and a criminal act by the state.

Speaking during an interview on the podcast KaaTruths, on Tuesday October 20, 2026, Ejimakor addressed the official justification that Kanu had jumped bail, arguing that the government used this premise to bypass domestic and international legal frameworks entirely:

“Okay. Now, part of the reason Nnamdi Kanu was renditioned from Kenya was based on the proposition, the notion that he jumped bail. So, someone that jumped bail—or the government by that—jumped bail, they comforted themselves that they could go to any length to hunt that person down. That’s exactly what they did.”

“That was why they went to Kenya and ignored the laws of Kenya, and even before they left for Kenya, they ignored the laws of Nigeria, the Nigerian Federation, the laws that bound their actions. They also ignored international law on point, treaties, instruments, protocols to which Nigeria is subject. They ignored everything.”

Ejimakor detailed the clandestine nature of the operation, describing how Kenyan authorities were bypassed and how Kanu was handled during his transfer back to Nigeria:

“They Went to Kenya like a thief in the night. Grabbed Kanu. They never notified Kenyan authorities. They took him from the back door straight to the tarmac of Jomo Kenyatta airport, bundled him into a private jet, chained him to the chair, and brought him to Nigeria. No international fugitive—so-called fugitive—is supposed to be treated that way. Not now. Maybe during the Roman times, but not now. It’s never done.”

Concluding his remarks on the operation, Ejimakor asserted that flouting formal extradition procedures constitutes a severe breach of global and domestic norms:

“That is why it is called extraordinary rendition. It’s a crime by the state when the state ignores the extradition process and crosses the border and comes after a fugitive whom the state believes is subject to its national jurisdiction. The state has gone rogue and committed a criminal act called extraordinary rendition.”

Watch the video starting from 17:38 to 19:37

Newsrain feedback-opera-news-app@opera.com