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Nigerian seeking asylum in Denmark jailed

Anyadike Okonkwo a 41-year old Nigerian who hails from Imo State has been in jail in Denmark since 2019.

Okonkwo was actually seeking asylum from the Danish authorities before he was hurled into jail.
He is one of the members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who participated in the May 29, 2016 rally of the group in Onitsha, Anambra State to mark the Remembrance Day of the fallen heroes of Biafra during the Nigerian civil war.
During the rally, the police was drafted in by the Nigerian government to disperse the group and this led to a fracas which left a police Sergeant dead.
Two arrested members of IPOB disclosed during interrogation that in a bid to escape from the policeman who held Okonkwo by the neck pulling his shirt in the process, he manouvered in the crowd and the police officer fell into a culvert leaving him with a deep cut on the head.
The manhunt for Okonkwo after several arrests of his colleagues led to his disappearance. He left his hometown Amakohia in Ihette-Uboma LGA for Lagos where a friend assisted him to move to Cotonou, Benin Republic.
It was from Cotonou that he eventually travelled to Denmark when the Nigerian Police got a wind of his whereabouts and liaised with Beninoise authorities to initiate his arrest.
In Denmark, Okonkwo was undergoing the process of securing his asylum documents when he was hurled into jail by the Danish police who arrested him.
Okonkwo through the help of a human right lawyer in Denmark is appealing his imprisonment even as he hopes to secure his asylum after a possible favourable hearing.

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