The United Kingdom (UK) has urged the federal government to comment on the whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

This was disclosed by Joe Abuku, the Press Officer of the UK high commission in Nigeria. He said: ”We are seeking urgent clarification from the Nigerian authorities about the status and whereabouts of Mr. Kanu, a British-Nigerian man, who has been reported missing since September 14.”

Asked if the UK would strip Kanu of citizenship on account of the declaration by Nigeria that he was leading a terrorist organisation, the mission said it does not comment on individual cases.

”One of the conditions that can make the United Kingdom strip its citizen of nationality is if the person engages in a terrorist activity at home or abroad. And Kanu has dual citizenship and therefore a citizen of Nigeria and the UK,” Abuku told Punch. He stated that IPOB was not a proscribed organisation under the British law.

Abuku also declined comment on whether the IPOB might be designated as a terrorist group or proscribed by the British authorities.

”We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.

”A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000, and it must be proportionate,” he said.