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Nigeria: Indigenous Peoples

Commons · Question 87706 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the treatment of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra in Nigeria.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 19 Nov 2025

The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations and due process concerns very seriously including raising with local authorities where appropriate. We assess what action is appropriate to take on the specific facts of the case. The UK G...