Nnamdi Kanu

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Nnamdi Okwu Kanu ( born 25 September 1967) is a British political activist. He is known for advocating for the independence of Biafra from Nigeria. He is the leader and founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which he founded in 2012, to restore the defunct State of Biafra which existed in Nigeria's Eastern Region during the Nigerian Civil War. He was convicted on terrorism charges. Kanu was the director of Radio Biafra when he began propagating Biafran separatism. He was arrested on treason charges in Lagos on 14 October 2015 but remained detained even after court orders while wearing a Jewish prayer shawl and head covering. He is an Igbo Jew, and he has led his Biafran people to various Jewish prayers and religious observations on different occasions. On 28 April 2017, Kanu was released from prison on bail. Nigerian security forces attempted to quash IPOB's armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, which culminated in a low-level conflict in early 2021. Despite the fighting...

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