IBTimes UK Reports: Pro-Biafrans call for immediate release of leader Nnamdi Kanu 'arrested in Lagos hotel'

The leader of a separatist movement advocating for the independence of Biafra from Nigeria has reportedly been arrested in Lagos. The Biafran territories were independent from Nigeria from 1967 until 1970 and re-annexed to the African nation following a civil war that killed between one and three million people.

It is believed that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and director of London-based radio station Radio Biafra, was apprehended by the Department of State Services (DSS) after he had flown from the UK, where he lives.

According to a Twitter handle affiliated with Radio Biafra, Kanu was arrested at the Golden Tulip Essential airport hotel on Sunday (18 October). IBTimes UK contacted the DSS, but has not received a response at the time of publishing. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-pro-biafrans-call-immediate-release-leader-nnamdi-kanu-arrested-lagos-hotel-1524658