Nnamdi Kanu: the new voice of pro-Biafra independence - Daily Mail AFP reports Biafra

Nnamdi Kanu: the new voice of pro-Biafra independence

Nnamdi Kanu walks slowly across the courtyard of his family home in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, as a crowd of supporters in the red, black and green of the Biafran flag hail him as their saviour.

Eighteen months in custody does not appear to have affected his fight against Nigeria.

"I am more determined than ever," Kanu, who heads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, tells AFP calmly.

Discontent in 'Biafraland' - AFP reports on Biafra Restoration momentum

Pro-Biafra supporters during a rally in the southeast town of Aba in November, 2015. (AFP / Pius Utomi Ekpei)

Port Harcourt, Nigeria -- Minutes after touching down in Port Harcourt, I could feel the paranoia setting in.

I'd come to the city in Nigeria's south to travel to "Biafraland" in the southeast, which declared independence from the rest of the country in 1967, sparking a brutal civil war that lasted until 1970.

Biafra campaigners allege brutal crackdown - AFP

Biafra campaigners allege brutal crackdown - AFP

Chukwu Ebuka Moses is too young to remember the Nigerian civil war that began in 1967 and which by its end nearly three years later devastated the southeast, shattering dreams of an independent Biafran homeland.

After BBC, AFP, Yahoo News, Daily Mail anchor Biafan protest news

After BBC, AFP, Yahoo News, Daily anchor Biafan protest news

Following the report of the ongoing Biafran protest by the BBC, other international media houses have picked up the story. AFP, Daily Mail and Yahoo News are among the few that have picked up the stories. Others are preparing Biafran protest stories. Biafrans this is your time. Do not stop tweeting your plights and pains. Do not relent. Relent resolute. The world is watching General Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians.

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