Biafran Leader Nnamdi Kanu’s Travel Document Expired
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu , may have been stranded in Israel, following his failure to use the travel document that would have enabled him to move to the United Kingdom. It was learnt that the Biafran leader failed to utilise the Emergency Travel Document provided for him by the British authorities until the document expired. The UK High Commission in Abuja on Saturday told Punch, on inquiries over role in Kanu’s escape to Jerusalem. The UK High Commission Senior Communications Officer, Tinu Adelegan, “I’m afraid there’s very little we can say about this for consular confidentiality. All we have done is provided an ETD to a British person who asked for one in Israel, which he has not used and has now expired.” It could not be ascertained why Kanu, a British citizen, needed an ETD to travel to the UK. According to the official UK government website, www.gov.uk, a citizen could apply for an emergency trave...