§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statements were issued by his Department on Wednesday 1 May to(a) the Daily Mail, (b) the Daily Express and (c) The Guardian concerning Abdul Onibiyo. [29481]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 14 May 1996]: Information confirming that Mr. Abdul Onibiyo was living safely in Nigeria was given to a number of newspapers which had previously expressed an interest in his whereabouts when that information became available on 30 April.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish(a) all correspondence between Her Majesty's Government and Nigeria and (b) all Interpol briefings the Metropolitan police have received on the whereabouts of Abdul Onibiyo. [29486]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 15 May 1996]: It is not our practice to publish correspondence with foreign or Commonwealth Governments about individual cases or the text of communications received from Interpol. However, I can confirm that on 30 April information was received from Interpol in Lagos that Mr. Onibiyo had been located in March this year living with his family in Ibadan and that at no time since his return to Nigeria had he been arrested or detained by the Nigerian authorities.